The 'Rhyme Royal' stanza, used extensively by Chaucer, consists of how many lines?
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Correct answer: Seven
Rhyme royal is a seven-line iambic pentameter stanza rhyming ababbcc. Chaucer used it for 'The Parliament of Fowls,' 'Troilus and Criseyde,' and several of the more serious Canterbury Tales.
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