Fill in the blank: Geoffrey Chaucer composed his elegy, "The Book of the Duchess," in honor of the young Duchess of Lancaster who passed away due to ________________?

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the Black Death.unreturned affection for John of Gaunt.accidental drowning in the River Thames.complications during childbirth.a sudden illness unrelated to plague.

Explanation

Chaucer's poem, "The Book of the Duchess," was written as a tribute to the young Duchess of Lancaster, who died from the Black Plague, a devastating epidemic during that period.