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Poetry of the English Middle Ages

Poetry of the English Middle Ages . Joseph Brown, Garrett Dickerson, Ryan Stroud, Robert McGreevy. What is Chaucers most famous work?. The Canterbury Tales. What did the writings of Chaucer and Langland reveal?. They revealed the changes that were taking place in the English language.

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Poetry of the English Middle Ages

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  1. Poetry of the English Middle Ages Joseph Brown, Garrett Dickerson, Ryan Stroud, Robert McGreevy

  2. What is Chaucers most famous work? The Canterbury Tales

  3. What did the writings of Chaucer and Langland reveal? They revealed the changes that were taking place in the English language

  4. What is William Langland’s masterpiece? Piers Plowman

  5. What was Langland's favorite literary device? Allegory

  6. What was a common instrument used to go along with a lyric or ballad? Harp or lyre

  7. What type of delight did William Langland prefer in alliteration? Anglo Saxon

  8. What types of people in the middle ages had a fondness for harp like instrument called the lyre? Europeans

  9. What kind of lyrics usually consist of a hymn praising God or a prayer beseeching him? Religious lyrics

  10. What type of drama arose during the turbulent years of the fifteenth century? Morality

  11. What is the most famous surviving morality play? Everyman

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