| In Middle English poetry the envoi mostly serves the same purposes. |
| At the end of nearly every section he adds an envoi of his own to drive home the moral more surely. |
| The absence of an envoi will be noticed in Chaucer's, as in most of the medieval English ballades. |
| The scheme is a b a b c c d d e d E in the stanzas and d d e d E in the envoi. |
| But as a writer reviews his own words, it is inevitable that some sort of envoi should present itself to his mind. |
| The finale, chock-full of thrown rhythms, is a bit cavalier too, but serves as a cheerful envoi to the whole series of seven. |
