Sylvia Plath'ın hayatını anlatan Sylvia (2003) filminde, Sylvia ile Ted bir gondol sefasındayken kıyıda gördükleri ineklere Sylvia'nın (gwyneth paltrow) çok tatlı Middle English ile okuduğu birkaç mısra vardır bu prologue'dan ki defalarca izletir, dinletir kendini.
1 "Experience, though noon auctoritee
"Experience, though no written authority
2 Were in this world, is right ynogh for me
Were in this world, is good enough for me
3 To speke of wo that is in mariage;
To speak of the woe that is in marriage;
4 For, lordynges, sith I twelve yeer was of age,
For, gentlemen, since I was twelve years of age,
5 Thonked be God that is eterne on lyve,
Thanked be God who is eternally alive,
6 Housbondes at chirche dore I have had fyve --
I have had five husbands at the church door --
7 If I so ofte myghte have ywedded bee --
If I so often might have been wedded --
8 And alle were worthy men in hir degree.
And all were worthy men in their way.
9 But me was toold, certeyn, nat longe agoon is,
But to me it was told, certainly, it is not long ago,
10 That sith that Crist ne wente nevere but onis
That since Christ went never but once
