“Beside a grove and standing down a dale” (line 3)
"And when fifteen degrees had been ascended" (line 31)
“Comb was redder than a fine coral/And battlemented like a castle wall./ His bill was black and just like jet it shone;” (line 33-35)
“His snout was small and gleaming was each eye./Remembering how he looked, almost I die” (line 78-79)
“A yard she had, enclosed all roundabout/With pales, and there was a dry ditch without” (line 25-24)
"For when I see the beauty of your face, You are so rosy-red beneath each eye." (line 197-198)
"Now one of them was lodged within a stall, Far in a yard, with oxen of the plow." (line 118-119)
"The people rose and turned the cart to ground, And in the center of the dung they found The dead man, lately murdered in his sleep." (line 169-171)
"All in the sand, a-bathing merrily, Lay Pertelote, with all her sisters by, There in the sun."" (line 265-267)
"Among the herbs and on a butterfly, He saw this fox that lay there, crouching low." (line 272-273)
"A-standing on his tiptoes therewithal, Stretching his neck till it grew long and small." (line 295-296)
"And out of doors they started on the run And saw the fox into the grove just gone." (line 331-332)
"This cock broke from his mouth, full cleverly, And high upon a tree he flew anon." (line 357-358)
"He looked as if he were a grim lion. As on his toes he strutted up and-down; He deigned not set his foot upon the ground." (line 208-210)
"His seven wives a-walking by his side, Cast up his two eyes toward the great bright sun." (line 218-219)
"Mark now y birds, hear how tthese happhey sing. And see all these fresh flowers, how they spring;." (line 223)
"This cock, which now lay in the fox’s mouth, In all his fear" (line 345)
"And in a bed of greenery still he lay Till it was past the quarter of the day" (line 235-236)
Function
As part of the mock-heroic style in which the story is written, the rooster Chaunticleer is supposed to represent an epic hero, who is attractive, strong, magnificent with a beautiful voice and clearly a lady charmer.
During the time Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, women and their counsel was seen as being evil and ill-advised. In the story, it is Pertelote that persuades Chaunticleer to forget about his dream, which nearly proves detrimental to him in the end. Therefore, Pertelote is meant to represent the unwise and misguided advice women give.
This helps describe the setting of part of the farm.
Instead of saying "it got warmer," this particular description adds interest and is a finer way of implying the temperature. Also, since the story revolves around the month of May, it could mean the season coming up to summer.
The explanations and comparisons made in these lines help paint a picture of Chaunticleer's appearance and his presence in a group.
The description of Chaunticleer's encounter with the fox - though we are uncertain it's a fox at first - in this way helps the audience relate to the fear and alarm felt by the rooster.
Theses lines helps illustrate what the yard around the farm looks like.
The explanation depicts the beauty of her face, detailing the colouring under her eyes, which provides you with more information to fill the picture in your mind.
This line is from when Chaunticleer is recounting the story of the two companions, which comments on the one man's surroundings.
These minor details describing what the people were doing and what they found gives you a clear image of everything that is going on.
Along with having a jolly tone, this grouping of words expresses a merry and animated scene.
This imagery shows that as he is looking out in to the open field, he sees the fox crouching low, watching him. This is describing that exactly he is seeing.
The description showing exactly what he is doing. Explanation of every minor detail and movement that he does, giving you a picture in your mind.
All the animals and the people of the farm went running after the fox that had Chanticleer in his mouth.
Chanticleer then escaped out of his mouth and flew up onto a tree.
The characteristics are shown through a different animal, you see a different animal and a different way of the way he moved. the image comes to your mind when you read this passage.
When you dead this you picture one or two things. A rooster with seven chickens walking beside him, or a priest with his seven nuns walking beside him.
Chaunticleer's words to Pertelote communicates his admiration, as well as appreciation, of the yard's natural beauty. As the time is set in the month of March, the description helps improve the reader's understanding and mental image of what a spring morning on the farm; the birds happily singing and the flowers springing - which also act as an example of personification.
The informs the reader of Chaunticleer's whereabouts and touches on the roosters emotions - for being clamped between the jaws of the fox.
In phrasing the words this way, the author manages to explain the fox's movements and time of day, while simultaneously conveying a flowing, peaceful sense through the rhyming.