Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance
Spencer Wood
I'm sorry
When I first read Chaucer, I thought of Don Quixote and his charge. And I had a good blog post set up. I was gonna start with Don and end up with Christ and the great commission. I was proud. However, I went and got Hibachi for dinner, and now I can only think of Chaucer's writings as fortune cookies.
A more academic comparison for Chaucer would be Solomon and his book of Proverbs. Each line Chaucer writes he says a small phrase of advice, just like Solomon. And just like proverbs, there can be many interpretations.
"Savour no more thanne the byhove schal."
Savor no more than it behooves you;
this could be interpreted to mean 'don't want more than you have' or it could be 'don't rest
(not working) more than to refuel as to be a good steward of your time.' Now I'm not sure about how 'divinely-inspired' Chaucer, but wisdom is wisdom and wisdom is from the Lord.
one line that gave me some trouble is "Stryve noght as doth the crokke with the wal." 'Strive not like the crockery with the wall.' It just doesn't make sense to me. I've looked it up, and they skipped that one line, I don't know what more to do. comment on what you think it could mean.
I'm sorry
When I first read Chaucer, I thought of Don Quixote and his charge. And I had a good blog post set up. I was gonna start with Don and end up with Christ and the great commission. I was proud. However, I went and got Hibachi for dinner, and now I can only think of Chaucer's writings as fortune cookies.
A more academic comparison for Chaucer would be Solomon and his book of Proverbs. Each line Chaucer writes he says a small phrase of advice, just like Solomon. And just like proverbs, there can be many interpretations.
"Savour no more thanne the byhove schal."
Savor no more than it behooves you;
this could be interpreted to mean 'don't want more than you have' or it could be 'don't rest
(not working) more than to refuel as to be a good steward of your time.' Now I'm not sure about how 'divinely-inspired' Chaucer, but wisdom is wisdom and wisdom is from the Lord.
one line that gave me some trouble is "Stryve noght as doth the crokke with the wal." 'Strive not like the crockery with the wall.' It just doesn't make sense to me. I've looked it up, and they skipped that one line, I don't know what more to do. comment on what you think it could mean.
Crockery is defined basically as dishes. So imagine someone angry throwing glass or pottery dishes against the wall. I think this line could be about "not fighting or arguing for useless reasons." Maybe. Hope this helps.
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