Graham eyed the students but all was well.  He cleared his throat.<br/><br/>"Very well Pairing for this first three weeks.... and last but not least Ruth and Astrid." Graham glanced over his horn rimmed glasses at the two girls.<br/><br/><br/>"Your assignment. Chaucer's, The Legend of Good women. For those of you unfamiliar it recounts ten stories of virtuous women in nine sections. The legends are: Cleopatra, Thisbe, Dido, Hypsipyle, Medea, Lucrece, Ariadne, Philomela, Phyllis and Hypermnestra."<br/><br/>"It is quite possibly the first significant work in English to use the iambic pentameter or decasyllabic couplets which he later used throughout the Canterbury Tales. This form of the heroic couplet would become a significant part of English literature."<br/><br/>"Find two woman of this poem worthy of your research efforts and prepare to present that portion of the poem for the two women you have selected.  See the notes on research and presentations in the syllabus provided."<br/><br/>" And to all the presenters......" He paused and gave them a heated look, "Not memorize but perform your bit as an oratory in old English. Questions see me tomorrow after 1 pm, I shall be in the music hall practicing the bag pipes."<br/><br/>He shuffled papers on the desk like they were a deck of cards before looking up at the class as the bell rang.<br/><br/>"You may be dismissed."<br/><br/>