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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 regarded as the father of English poetry for his pioneering work in using Middle English for literature, most notably in 'The Canterbury Tales.' Before Chaucer, literature was primarily in Latin or French. Milton and Keats came much later.

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