Challenger App

No.1 PSC Learning App

1M+ Downloads
Chaucer introduced the heroic couplet in which of the following works?

ATroilus and Criseyde

BThe Book of the Duchess

CThe Canterbury Tales

DThe Legend of Good Women

Answer:

D. The Legend of Good Women

Read Explanation:

Chaucer first used the heroic couplet (pairs of rhyming lines in iambic pentameter) in The Legend of Good Women. This became a staple poetic form in English literature.


Related Questions:

What contributed to the urbane and civilized tone in Andrew Marvell’s works?
An English teacher describes a scene and asks learners to draw what they have heard. This is a ------------
Which verse form dominated Augustan poetry?
Kalama Das was awarded Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in the year
Identify the poem that expresses the loss of faith and confusion in Victorian era