Which Innovation Is Attributed To Geoffrey Chaucer?

Geoffrey Chaucer is named as the Father of English Literature, who is also famous by his literary innovations. Geoffrey Chaucer was the first to compose poems and stories that are immediately indulged by the people, since the stories and poems he wrote was written in the language that the common people knew, the Medieval English. Since then, the language of the written literary works and the language used by the educated people in England was either in the form of Latin or French. Geoffrey Chaucer have written a lot of great literary works that are acclaimed during his life and even up to this day which are considered to be masterpieces, his works that are written in English was one of the factors that marked him off.
Chaucer was able to expand on the idea of lust and it’s all consuming power through his unique writing style. He wrote in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter to effectively satirize medieval culture, targeting all segments of medieval society including social issues and human immorality.
One of those is his work, “The Canterbury Tales”, which is not totally finished since he died during its completion. In this work, he created a frame narrative through his poetry. The outside story is about the group’s pilgrimage to Canterbury to pay homage to Thomas Becket. While, the inside story is the compilation of short stories about different travelers. Third, Geoffrey Chaucer was able to illustrate us the life in his age using his experiences for all levels of society which they can relate themselves. From the plowman (which are respected during his time for contributing to public’s food supply, but not regarded as wealthy or high class in the society) up to the knights (the highest-ranking traveler). Only few writers had been able to create this kind of masterpiece, and it took many years before Shakespeare came along and to be able to represent successfully all the members of the society while being entertained in a direct and honest manner.