But let me briefly make my purpose plain;
i preach for nothing but for greed of
and thus i preach against the very vice
i make my living out of-avarice.
and yet however guilty of that sin
myself, with others i have power to win
them from it, i can bring them to repent;
but that is not my principal intent.
covetousness is both the root and stuff
of all i preach. that ought to be enough..
what! do you think, as long as i can preach
and get their silver for the things i teach,
that i will live in poverty, from choice?
that's not the counsel of my inner voice!
no! let me preach and beg from kirk to kirk
and never do an honest job of work,
no, nor make baskets, like st. paul, to gain
a livelihood. i do not preach in vain.
11. what literary technique does the author use to characterize the pardoner's beliefs and
behavior? (l6)
a. imagery
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. irony