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Like Shakespeare Chaucer wrote in rhyming?

No, Chaucer wrote in a different poetic form than Shakespeare. Chaucer is best known for "The Canterbury Tales", which uses iambic pentameter, a highly regular meter of ten syllables per line, with five stressed syllables. Shakespeare, on the other hand, is known for using blank verse, which does not have any rhyme but still has a regular rhythm.

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