In your literary analysis, you should write using
a. first person voice and present tense verbs.
b. third person voice and past tense verbs.
c. first person voice and past tense verbs.
d. third person voice and present tense verbs.

D. third person voice and present tense verbs.
You use 3rd person because it is more formal. The teacher always says "don't use I!"
You use present tense to talk about the book because even though you as the writer already read the book, the person who is reading your analysis may not have read the book, so use present tense. For example, you should write, "The book states on page" instead of "The book stated on page"

A.it sets up an expectation that exempla, which were common in didactic medieval literature, will be part of the story. 
b.it allows chaucer to write his poem in english because he is capturing the speech of english commoners. 
c.it provides chaucer with an opportunity to write about characters that represent a wide range of social classes. 
d.it makes the messages of the pilgrims more persuasive because a reader in chaucer’s time would have respected them for their fervent religious beliefs.