Question

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

• A. The Book of the Duchess
• B. The Legend of Good Women
• C. Troilus and Criseyde
• D. Complaint unto Pity

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Troilus and Criseyde

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.