Abstract
The article discusses a possible influence of Horace’s Ode I. 9 on Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale. Both contain a young girl laughing in the dark and the laughter is associated with a love affair; both deal with youth and age; the Horatian ode presents the laughter as occurring within a springtime landscape, while Chaucer’s Alisoun is described through natural imagery.
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