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    Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry. During the Middle Ages when modernism had yet to emerge, Chaucer's works used fresh techniques that anticipated modern tastes. He was the first English poet to have a keen interest in human manners and society, realistically portraying people from various walks of life in his works. Chaucer painted an accurate picture of 14th century life through his objective and detailed observations. His works helped establish modern poetry in England.

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    Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry. During the Middle Ages when modernism had yet to emerge, Chaucer's works used fresh techniques that anticipated modern tastes. He was the first English poet to have a keen interest in human manners and society, realistically portraying people from various walks of life in his works. Chaucer painted an accurate picture of 14th century life through his objective and detailed observations. His works helped establish modern poetry in England.

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    Q.. Consider Chaucer as the Father of English Poetry.


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    Write a note onChaucer's contribution to English Poetry.
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    Chaucer is the earliest of the great moderns." Discuss.
    Chaucer has been acclaimed by common consent as the
    Ans.
    the earliest of the grea
    Father ofEnglish poctry. He is also regarded as Ages,
    moderns, for in the dark period of the Middle when the light of
    modernism had not yet been visible on the literary horizon, Chaucer
    went a long way in anticipating the modern taste and temperament. Ai
    such aperiod he made notable contributions to English poetry.E. Albert
    create this modern at
    rightly says, "All the Chaucerian features help to observation, the wide
    mosphere : the shrewd and placidly humorous
    humanity, the quick aptness of phrase, the dexterous touch upon the
    metres, and above all, the fresh and formative spirit-the genius turning
    dross into gold".
    n
    Before Chavcer, poetry was narrow in outlook and hackneved
    delineation. Other poets of his age fixed their eves on certain limite
    aspects suiting their own tastes. For example, Wyclif sang on
    religious reformation, Gower expressed the cars of people arising ui
    the Peasants' Revolt. Pearl spoke of the mysticism of reined minus
    Langland bothered himself about the rampantcorruption in the
    humaniv. Peope
    But Chaucer's poetic eye covered the wide Canvas of
    from all walks of lie, leaving of course the highest and the lowest.
    withinthe scope of his poetic delincation. menat
    in
    Chaucer is the first English poetto have a keen interest in
    manners. He is an objective and disinterested paiater human
    Chaucer's principal object was to portray men and woeu
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    to present an exact picture o lie. With his acute POWeT touteve:
    painted people as he found them. The Prolgue retlevsthe PitueN
    century not in fragments but as a whole. Iis the realistic
    sOciely. Chaucer himself makes his point lear:
    Who so shall telle a tale attere a ma.
    He moolreherce, as ny as VCre he can
    Everich a word,it ittbe inhis carge.
    Al speke he never SO Tudeliche and large:
    Orelles hemoot telle his (ale
    Orleyne thing, or fyt.de words
    unrewe
    newe.

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