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Alliterative poetry differs from the dominant verse form of Chaucer’s age mainly because it was:

ABased on rhyming couplets

BBased on unrhymed alliteration

CWritten in iambic pentameter

DComposed of rhyming quatrains

Answer:

B. Based on unrhymed alliteration

Read Explanation:

  • Rhyme was dominant in Chaucer’s London circle.

  • Alliterative poetry revived older Anglo-Saxon style.

  • Used repetition of initial consonant sounds.


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