So also in B 1178:--
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['a]y-by my-f['a]der s['o]ul[:e] | that-sh['a]l he-n['a]t.¯| |¯| ¯| . |¯ |¯ Similar examples abound. Thus we should fully pronounce _length-e_, B 8;_declar-e_, B 1672; _loud-e_, B 1803; _thought-e_, B 1852; _fynd-e_, B3112; _raft-e_, B 3288; _hadd-e_, B 3309; _biraft-e_, B 3404; _son-e_, B3413; _son-e_, B 3593; _shet-te_, B 3615; _wend-e_, B 3637. Notice some examples where the caesura necessarily preserves a final _-e_from elision, as in B 3989; where _tal-e_ occurs before _al_. So also_ensamp-le_ in B 3281. Similar instances are rather numerous. s. 109. The student who has followed the explanation of Chaucer's scansionup to this point is now in a position to understand the whole mystery ofadditional syllables in other positions. According to the usual method ofcutting up lines into 'feet,' such additional syllables make the line seemawkward; whereas, if properly handled, they are very acceptable. Thus the line B 3385 used to be cut up after the following fashion--Whichthat | my fa | der in his | prosper | itee; and the third foot was calledtrisyllabic. Yet the truth is, that the syllable _-der_ in _fader_ reallybelongs to the former part of the line (for we cannot pause after _fa-_),and therefore belongs to the 'second foot'; and it would have been betterto cut up the line accordingly. But the whole system of chopping up intoimaginary equal lengths is inefficient and clumsy; and we have only toadopt a natural accentuation. Thus, in B 3368 (just below), the final _-y_in _many_ causes no real difficulty, though it adds a syllable to theline:-- And-y['a]f him-w['i]t | and-th['a]n with-m['a]ny a-t['e]re.|¯ |¯ . |¯ |¯' |¯| So again, in B 3105, the final _-es_ in _ell-es_ is easily sounded:-- Or-['e]ll[:e]s I-['a]m but-l['o]st | but-['i]f that-I.|¯' |¯ |¯ . |¯ |¯ Compare Sir Thopas, B 2097:--
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