Geoffrey Chaucer As The Father Of English Poetry

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Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literatures, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treaty on the astrolabe for his ten-year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.
Early life He was born circa 1340, most likely at his parents’ house on Thames Street in London, England. Chaucer’s family was of the bourgeois class, descended from an affluent family who made their money in the London wine trade. He is believed to have attended the St. Paul’s …show more content…

He was the first man to create the British-style poetry, and he made great contributions to the history of English literature. The British and the world's writers are highly rated for Chaucer. Because of that he not only opened the British Elizabethan literature path, but also affected the later British literary writers. The change and evolution of his personal style can be seen from Chaucer's representative works. In the mature period Chaucer is not only to create his own unique style works, but also to use this unique style to open the Elizabethan period of literary peak. The greatest influence of Chaucer's works was the famous drama writer, Shakespeare. Shakespeare's work was the product of his deep study of Chaucer's work. Although in the same period of literary writers, Chaucer's work is a collection of many cultures of the works, but he also created a unique style of their own. Therefore, his works are very British characteristics, praised as the father of British poetry is …show more content…

The real British literary style is his "Canterbury Tales", although there will be many familiar shadows in this book, but it is Chaucer's unique English-style work. This book is also the pinnacle of Chaucer, and he combined the realism style and the essence of romantic style, to create the only British hero double rhyme style. It was the creation of this style that made Geoffrey Chowa the father of true English poetry. His heroic double rhyme was used by the later English poets in his works. While Chaucer was alive, he had a very tight economy. It was when Richard began Chikamasa that Chaucer was left out of favour, and his official position was deprived. During this painful period, Chaucer wrote a "Hollow Capsule" to Henry to tell him his plight. The world's assessment of Chaucer can also be seen from Chaucer's burial place. Geoffrey Chaucer was the first poet to be buried in the corner of the poet's Church in Westminster, London. From that, the British people's affirmation of Geoffrey Chaucer can be seen. The pedigree of English poetry deserves the highest praise and the best

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