Canterbury Tales Rap

I was tired of wistful poetic recitations that torture students when the Canterbury Tales were written to be entertaining. So I "rediscovered" the rhythm of Chaucer's work and recorded it with some help from Garageband to update the presentation. I found conflicting wording, spelling, and guides to pronunciation, which is one reason my Middle English might not be what you're used to hearing and why the recording doesn't always match the slides. Still, it was a fun project.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• canterbury
• tales
• chaucer
• rap
• middle
• english

[psaminc]

i have to memorize this for english 3

[shevek07]

@psaminc how did you find out about it?

[marszenka]

Word to your mother!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHA

Well played. XD

[shevek07]

Oh, I'm glad you noticed that at the end. I think most people quit watching before that.

[blueasajay]

my english teacher showed me this... now ive listened this rap like 20x...

[VaginosaurusRex]

that deserves an elephant!!

[LPgohan]

I need to memorize this for British Literature, thank you, it really helps!

[psaminc]

well i looked up first 18 lines of the Tales then i saw canterbury tales rap and i then proceded to listen to it and i have the first 12 lines memorized so far so it has been a great help

[kevinsingh25hotmail]

helping a lot great!

[SimplyAliciaO]

this is good