The legend of good women

An unfinished poem in which Chaucer imagines the god of Love rebuking him for portraying unfaithful women in earlier works. As penance he must write about women famed for faithfulness in love. A dream-vision prologue, with its celebrated praise of the daisy, introduces a series of tales drawn from classical history and legend, including Cleopatra, Dido and Medea. It is notable for early use of the heroic couplet in English.