I agree with the ideal of an over romanticized tone present in this story much like the Knight’s tale. While Chaucer is no stranger to using descriptive imagery, the way he uses it to describe the emotion of love gives the reader with a real sense of passion. For example, these lines from the poem that have been translated to modern English:
“So glad am I when I am in its presence
To show it all and every reverence,
As she that is the flower of all flowers,
Whom every virtue and honour dowers,
And ever alike fair and fresh of hue,
And I love it, and ever the love renew,”
Much like Amalie previously stated, the prologue begins with rich, colorful text imagery about love then as it continues this point is lost. This leads his tone to switch into sad and desperate as his descriptions become longer and more desperate. This brings up the questions as to whether this poem falls under the category of love an adoration or one of overly fantasized ideas of the nature of love and wanting.
Aside from the almost overbearing theme of love and romance, the theme of feminism is also apparent. He depicts the women as good, or heroes. This idea of women being the ‘heroes’ ties in with our theme of Chaucer’s reversal of gender roles in his poems.