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Who is known as the father of English poetry?

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer

  2. John Milton

  3. John Keats

  4. None of these
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Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) is widely recognized as the father of English poetry for his monumental work 'The Canterbury Tales', which helped establish Middle English as a legitimate literary language. His use of vernacular English instead of Latin or French paved the way for future English literature.

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