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Which of these poems by Chaucer is written in Rhyme Royal stanza?

AThe Book of the Duchess

BThe Legend of Good Women

CTroilus and Criseyde

DComplaint unto Pity

Answer:

C. Troilus and Criseyde

Read Explanation:

Chaucer introduced the Rhyme Royal stanza (7-line stanza in iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme ababbcc) in Troilus and Criseyde, a poem adapted from Boccaccio’s Filostrato.


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