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Geoffrey Chaucer is known as the “Father of English Poetry” because of his book The Canterbury Tales (Chaucer & Canterbury Tales Notes taken in Mr. Dye’s Advanced English 12 class). The Canterbury Tales comes from the Canterbury Pilgrimage, which was a significant part of Christian faith. Pilgrimages helped spread religion and help the pilgrims advance in their spiritually. The main difference between a pilgrimage and a vacation is that pilgrimages are uncomfortable in some way and pursue spiritual

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho, a Zen Buddhist, recounts his pilgrimage through Japan by travel sketches that contain detailed sketches. Basho sets out on a pilgrimage where he describes the changing of seasons, the natural world, the continuity of life and death, and religious thoughts in beautifully crafted haikus to learn how to fuse his worldview and way of life. As a wayfarer, Basho is torn between practicing the traditions of asceticism in religious