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GEOFFREY CHAUCER

       Chaucer is a versatile genius and in his life he has acquired variety of experiences as a page, Yeoman, soldier, esquire, diplomat, courtier, official, Member of Parliament and so on. For his diplomatic mission he has to go to Italy France where the literary works of Guillaume de Machaut, Jean Clopinct, Guillaume de Lorris, Dachaut, Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch inspired him greatly. Chaucer successfully transmitted all his experiences and knowledge into his writings so beautifully that they remain ever readable. Chaucer’s poems are generally divided into three stages- the French, the Italian and the English. The French Period :- The notable works of this period are: The Romaunt of the Rose : * It is a poem of 8000 lines , though the first 1700 lines are believed to be Chaucer’s own work. * The poem is based upon ‘Le Romaunt de la Rose’ of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung . (At first Guillaume after writing 4067 lines left the poem unf