Are the Canterbury Tales poems?

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Are the Canterbury Tales poems?

I wanted to know if they were poems or short stories

2007-03-23 07:14:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

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Yes: originally they were written in verse, however, since then, they have been put into Modern English prose.

2007-03-23 07:25:37 · answer #1 · answered by Evevumeimei 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

They are both. Chaucer's narratives fell far short of his intentions, but they are probably the first narrative poems in an English intelligible to modern readers.

2007-03-23 16:34:10 · answer #2 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋