GEOFFREY CHAUCER AND HIS EFFECT ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Geoffrey Chaucer has been called the Father of the English language. He did for the English narrative what Shakespeare later did for drama. He was the first writer to use lines of poetry that had an appeal to those interested in nature and books. His writing was very modern for his time, even more modern than the writings of others after he died, but he stayed …showed first 75 words of 1572 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1572 total…and its poetry on so many different levels. He was the first poet to write in English, making English a major literary language. Chaucer was the first to introduce the seven-line stanza in iambic pentameter. During his life he admired and was impacted by many famous poets, but even more famous poets later admired him, such as Shakespeare. He is still being studied in famous universities and the admiration for his works will live on.