One of the things that I liked the most about this text was that I feel like this is one of the first times I’ve really been able to see Chaucer as a ‘poet’ rather than just a ‘writer’. From the start, I feel like the text almost meanders through its story, setting a somewhat easy, relaxed tone for Chaucer’s tale. As such, when paired with his talk of daisies and the birds singing, the tone of Chaucer’s writing creates such an idyllic setting that when the God of Love finally shows up, it is impossible for the reader to believe anything but what Chaucer wants him to believe: that this is some divine dream of paradise. What Chaucer accomplishes here, writing in such a way that his scene is set not only by what he says, but by how he says it, is an accomplishment that is truly the mark of a poet.
Also, I think that the imagery of the daisy that Chaucer uses is a wonderful poetic device. At the start, Chaucer talks about the beauty of the daisies and how their presence relieves all of his sorrow and how none ever felt a love so great or passionate as he did for it. Once the God of Love arrives on the scene, however, the image of the daisy is paired with Alceste, the Queen of Love. With Chaucer having already professed his love for ‘her’, referring first to the daisy and then to Alceste, I believe that Chaucer is, in a sense, singing his praise to the God of Love, despite the God’s accusation that Chaucer draws people away from his religion. Thus, I believe Chaucer is saying that while he may not always paint love and women in the most favorable light, he is nonetheless as firm a believer in Love’s religion as the poets who came before him, who would’ve sang songs of love no differently from the small birds Chaucer placed in the trees.
All of these things point to the fact that Chaucer, when writing this, paid attention not only to what he said, but to how he said it as well. This is something that is emblematic of the writing of poets specifically, and I think it is because of this that Legend of Good Women comes across as somewhat more poetic than many of Chaucer’s other works which we’ve read.
 
One of the things that I liked the most about this text was that I feel like this is one of the first times I’ve really been able to see Chaucer as a ‘poet’ rather than just a ‘writer’. From the start, I feel like the text almost meanders through its story, setting a somewhat easy, relaxed tone for Chaucer’s tale. As such, when paired with his talk of daisies and the birds singing, the tone of Chaucer’s writing creates such an idyllic setting that when the God of Love finally shows up, it is impossible for the reader to believe anything but what Chaucer wants him to believe: that this is some divine dream of paradise. What Chaucer accomplishes here, writing in such a way that his scene is set not only by what he says, but by how he says it, is an accomplishment that is truly the mark of a poet.
Also, I think that the imagery of the daisy that Chaucer uses is a wonderful poetic device. At the start, Chaucer talks about the beauty of the daisies and how their presence relieves all of his sorrow and how none ever felt a love so great or passionate as he did for it. Once the God of Love arrives on the scene, however, the image of the daisy is paired with Alceste, the Queen of Love. With Chaucer having already professed his love for ‘her’, referring first to the daisy and then to Alceste, I believe that Chaucer is, in a sense, singing his praise to the God of Love, despite the God’s accusation that Chaucer draws people away from his religion. Thus, I believe Chaucer is saying that while he may not always paint love and women in the most favorable light, he is nonetheless as firm a believer in Love’s religion as the poets who came before him, who would’ve sang songs of love no differently from the small birds Chaucer placed in the trees.
All of these things point to the fact that Chaucer, when writing this, paid attention not only to what he said, but to how he said it as well. This is something that is emblematic of the writing of poets specifically, and I think it is because of this that Legend of Good Women comes across as somewhat more poetic than many of Chaucer’s other works which we’ve read.
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