sexuality

Question 1

‘ y - - - - h - - - - h - - - - - - on a j - - - p - - !’

Answer 1

‘youre herte hangeth on a joly pin!’

merry heart, phallic and gives a sexual connotation. he’s led by sexual desire

Question 2

‘ w - - - - b - - - - a - - - - - - h - - c - - - - - ‘

Answer 2

‘wolde bothe assayen his corage’

corage is a sexual reference. try his sexual prowess in promiscuity and also in marriage

Question 3

‘ t - - - j - - - - - - - is r - - - - - - - - in a t - - - - - - ‘

Answer 3

‘this januarie is ravisshed in a traunce’

violent sexual assault allusions, rape. enduring his corage.

Question 4

‘ b - - g - - f - - - - - - t - - - i d - - - al my m - - - - !

Answer 4

‘but god forbede that i dide al my might!’

weak and old man can hurt her sexually! he has a high opinion of his own virility

Question 5

‘ c - - - t - - - i w - - d - - - d - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 5

‘come that i wil doun descende’

sexual innuendo, before i go to sleep but also sexual erection connotation

Question 6

‘ up r - - - - - j - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 6

‘ up riseth januarie’

metaphorical sexual innuendo for sex

Question 7

‘he p - - - - - h - - - s - - - - - - h - - - al n - - - - / h - - s - - p - - - - - - - - / he s - - - - h - - c - - - - - - d - - - h - - e - - - - - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 7

‘he preyde hire strepen hire al naked / han som plesaunce / He seyde hir clothes dide hym encombraunce ‘

sexual detail revealed, her purpose to give him pleasure

Question 8

‘ of p - - - - of t - - - s - - - d - - - - - ‘

Answer 8

‘of pitee of this sike Damyan’

pitee gives sexual connotations

Question 9

‘t - - - h - - - j - - - - - - - - c - - - - - so g - - - - a w - - , t - - - - - e - - - - - of h - - w - - f - - h - - to p - - - - ‘

Answer 9

‘that hath Januarie caught so greet a wil, thurgh egging of his wyf for him to pleye’

his desire for sex is so strong

Question 10

‘ t - - - d - - - - - s - - - - - c - - - - - u - - - a t - - - , t - - - c - - - - - - w - - w - - - f - - - - , a - - up he w - - - - ‘

Answer 10

‘ that damyan sholde climbe upon a tree, that charged was with fruit, and up he wente’

smut! going up a tree is undermining her and the merchant is undermining women. pear trees is where sex happens

Answer 11

‘gan pullen up the smok, and in he throng’