Question

What was unique about Chaucer's poem Canterbury Tales?

a) Even though the poem was dark and depressing, it was very well liked by people in the Middle Ages.
b)He used a framing device that involved pilgrims telling each other's humorous stories in the book.
c)He wrote the poem from a first person point of view, which had not been done before in English.
d) The poem was a ballad and was sung in English even though it was written in the late Middle Ages.

Answer 1

Out of all these, it is most likely B or C.

My answer - C, the poem is first person, but I don't know if it was the first poem in English history to use first person.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) he used a framing device that involved pilgrims telling each other's humorous stories in the book.

What was unique about Chaucer's poem Canterbury Tales was that

he used a framing device that involved pilgrims telling each other's humorous stories in the book.

One of the most famous books in English literature are Canterbury Tales," a series of 24 tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer from 1387 to approximately 1400. Experts say that in the text, vernacular language was introduced for the Eglish people to understand the tales and enjoy them.