Comparison of William Shakespeare Sonnet 16 to Geoffrey Chaucer
Summary

William Shakespeare Sonnet 16 has 14 lines, and one of them has a weak match at magnitude 11 in Geoffrey Chaucer. 93% of the lines have no match. On average, each line has 0.07 weak matches.

Sonnet 16

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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11

Sonnet 16: 11

Neither in inward worth nor outward fair
11

Parson's Tale: 80

... purpre ne mowe nat clothen hem in Iesu Crist. What seith seint Iohn eek in this matere? Seint Gregorie eek seith, that no wight seketh precious array but only for veyne glorie, to been honoured the more biforn the peple. It is a greet folye, a womman to have a fair array outward and in hir-self be foul inward. A wyf sholde eek be mesurable in lokinge and in beringe and in laughinge, and discreet in alle hir wordes and hir dedes. And aboven alle worldly thing she sholde loven hir housbonde with al hir herte, and to him be trewe of hir body so sholde an housbonde eek ...