Which best summarizes the theme of "spring and fall"? a. optimism is a useful frame of mind. b. human experience is destined to include sorrow. c. it is pointless to cry over fallen leaves. d. young children are foolish and naïve..

the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.