Geoffrey Chaucer Had His Cups And Saucers In "Com-Pane" Poem by Gayathri Seetharam

Geoffrey Chaucer had his cups and saucers in "com-pane"
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Geoffrey Chaucer used the iambic pentameter
For he believed it did not deter him
From pursuing the matter of writing poetry
Which he did so beautifully in The Canterbury Tales
And I believe, it has had record sales
Amongst males and females
But for the life of me, I cannot offhand remember the very little I know
Without a search on the internet
And hence, I shall not fret
And perhaps, the embers of my memory will be rekindled
I learnt from Wikipedia that the opening lines of his tale, The Merchant's Prologue
Did not enchant very much its readers
For it went against the concept of undying love
But to somebody with a wry sense of humour
It meant that marriage had its flip side also
For if we adore our spouses
We occasionally have our grouses
And if the Merchant said, "Weeping and wailing, care and other sorrow I know enough, in the evening and the morning and so do many others who have been married",
From Elusinianm, I researched that in The Knight's Tale, Chaucer wrote, "Years passed, years and days, until one May morning, the fair Emily, who had grown to be more beautiful than the lily and fresher than the May flowers, her complexion vied even with the rose so that I could not say which was the fairer…….".