Chaucer begins his poem with a couplet: “Whan that Aprill with his shoures soot / The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.” What do these lines indicate about the language?
a) Middle English includes variant spellings and some altered vocabulary compared to modern English.
b) The language is unrecognizable to modern readers because of French vocabulary and spellings.
c) Middle English grammar does not match the arrangement of modern English sentences.
d) The appearance of the language is odd due to centuries of misspelled copies of Chaucer’s work.
Answer: a
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