Course certain limitations of Chaucer may now be noted. He represents the growth of intelligence and the consequent weakening of passion and imagination. Since a lyric is a compound of imagination and passion, there is a lack of lyricism in his poetry. Arnold found Chaucer wanting in that sublimity and high seriousness which he considers to be the test of all great classic. In spite of his limitations, Chaucer’s place as the father of English poetry remains undisputed. He may not be a poet of the very first order, We may not get from him moral and philosophical guidance, but we get from him a lot of zest for life and a refreshing enjoyment of all that is beautiful in nature and life. He is certainly among the greatest poets of the world. In fine it can be said that Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry and the first of the great moderns. In those dark days when the light of modernism had not yet been visible on the horizon, Chaucer anticipated the modern taste and modern mind, and in his poetry introduced qualities far in advance of his time. Though Chaucer yet his works contain the seeds both of the modern drama and the novel. If he had lived a few years more, he would certainly have been the first English dramatist and novelist just as he is the national poet as England.