This term is the French irregular diminutive of fable. An important element in French poetry in the 12th and 13th centuries, it was imitated by Chaucer in stories such as 'The Millers Tale'.
This term is the French irregular diminutive of fable. An important element in French poetry in the 12th and 13th centuries, it was imitated by Chaucer in stories such as 'The Millers Tale'. For 10 points, name this term, a short tale in verse, almost invariably in octosyllabic couplets, dealing for the most part from a comic point of view with incidents of ordinary life.
This term is the French irregular diminutive of fable. An important element in French poetry in the 12th and 13th centuries, it was imitated by Chaucer in stories such as 'The Millers Tale'.
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