... to his adding of Romance words in the English language, but it demanded a new form of the language, based on French and Latin, called high style. Taken from the Harvard website, The Geoffrey Chaucer Page, note how heavy is the use of romance words in the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales: Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in ... swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... tradition and challenges the status quo. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer was written in 1386 and contains a series of stories, coming from a numerous amount of people from different levels on the social ladder. "The Miller's Tale" is supposed to be a form of entertainment for the travelers on a religious pilgrimage. The narrator of this particular story is a Miller who warns the audience in the very beginning of the story that " ... ;whoever may not wish to hear, turn over the page and choose another tale" (Prologue 66-67 ... ...

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