• 1 Framing narrative. 2 The Tale. 3 Character of the Parson. 4 Notes and references. 5 External links. Toggle the table of contents. The Parson's Tale.
  • The Parson’s Tale is one of the longest of all the tales, and it seems even longer because of the tedious litany on abstract virtues and vices.
  • The Parson’s Tale. [the remedy against lechery]. ... The Parson’s Tale / 3. the deede be withstonden, yit is ther greet temptacion.
  • [Under the fourth head, of good works, the Parson says: —] The courteous Lord Jesus Christ will that no good work be lost, for in somewhat it shall avail.
  • The Parson's Tale. THE PROLOGUE. By that the Manciple his tale had ended, The sunne from the south line was descended. So lowe, that it was not to my sight.
  • The Parson’s Tale. Jer. 6 . State super vias, et videte, et interrogate de viis antiquis gue sit via bona, et ambulate in ea; et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris, etc.
  • Could this have been the Parson’s purpose? This tale was sooooooo long, so detailed, and it read like a legal brief, without say, any dry Ciceronian wit.
  • In part two, the Parson expands on the rewards of confession. ... I am a kind and poor village Parson.Some consider me as the only good member of the clergy.
  • As the ending of the Canterbury Tales, The Parson's tale turns out to be Chaucer's longest poem. It's said to be written to show Chaucer's poetic side.
  • The nature of the Parson’s Tale makes it stand out among the Canterbury Tales, and the Parson remarks upon the uniqueness of his tale explicitly in his Prologue.