On the aisle of English poetry, Chaucer flourishes the fantastic
colours of his words and paints different characters of his age
with minute observation. Indeed, he is a great painter who
paints not with colours but with words. Undoubtedly, he has:
“The Seeing Eye, the retentive memory, the judgment to select
and the ability to expound.” His keen analysis of the minutest
detail of his characters, their dresses, looks and manners
enable him to present his characters lifelike and not mere
bloodless abstractions. His poetical piece, “The Prologue to the
Canterbury Tales” is a real picture gallery in which thirty
portraits are hanging on the wall with all of their details and
peculiarities. Rather it is a grand procession with all the life
and movement, the colour and sound. Indeed, “His characters
represent English society, morally and socially, in the real and
recognizable types”. And still more representative of humanity
in general. So, the characters in Chaucer's “The Prologue” are
for all ages and for all la