What is a lai ?
Correct answer: D. All of these answers
- A. A poem with courtly love as its central theme
- B. A short lyrical poem
- C. A poem that is usually in octosyllabic couplets
- D. All of these answers
Explanation
A lai is a short medieval lyric or narrative poem, commonly associated with courtly love and often written in octosyllabic rhyming couplets. Thus all three descriptions fit the form.
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