Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer's English literature and writing was so strong that he has been called "the father of English poetry." He borrowed work from Boccaccio, Dante, and Petrach. People like Spencer, Keats, Tennyson learned about verse forms by reading some of Chaucer's work. ( Bloom 41).Geoffrey Chaucer's date and place of birth are not known, but it is said that Chaucer was born in his father's home in London. The house is located on a …showed first 75 words of 1659 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1659 total…e Squire's, in the hope that the remaining text would be discovered and could be inserted at a later time. In 1394 Chaucer was granted a pension by Richard II. In 1399 John of Gaunt's son Henry became king, and he increased Chaucer's pension (Bloom 88). Less than a year later Chaucer died. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, in the section that became the "Poets' Cornner". Chaucer was and will always be known for his wonderful poetry.