John Gower

John Gower (c. 1330–1408) was a trilingual, morally didactic poet of 14th-century England, a conservative contemporary of Chaucer. His major English work, Confessio Amantis, is a frame narrative structured around the Seven Deadly Sins, written in octosyllabic couplets. He is remembered for his 'plain style,' his social conservatism following the Peasants' Revolt, and his role in standardizing Middle English.