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Which poetic forms were introduced or popularized during Chaucer’s period?

ASonnet and ballad

BHeroic couplet and rhyme royal stanza

COde and epic

DBlank verse and sestina

Answer:

B. Heroic couplet and rhyme royal stanza

Read Explanation:

  • Chaucer helped popularize the heroic couplet (pairs of rhymed iambic pentameter lines) and rhyme royal (7-line stanza in iambic pentameter), which were innovative and influential forms for English poetry.


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