Chaucer is buried in the Poets 'Corner, as might have been expected, but interestingly enough, not because he is the father of English poetry, but because he happened to be Clerk of the Works when he died in 1400. 不出所料,乔叟安葬在诗人之角,但是有趣的是,他被葬在这里,并非因为他是英国诗歌之父,而是因为他在1400年去世时,恰好这项工程的主管。