Answer:
<u>Prioress</u>- Of courtliness, and stately manners took,
And would be held worthy of reverence
<u>Squire</u>- A lover and a lusty bachelor,
With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press.
<u>Knight</u>- And honoured everywhere for worthiness.
At Alexandria, he, when it was won;
<u>Pardoner</u>- In wisps hung down such locks as he'd on head,
But as to hood, for sport of it, he'd none,
Explanation:
Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a collection of stories told by the pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. The story tellers range from a priest to a nun to a knight, etc.
The given lines from the text and the characters described are as follows-
<u>Prioress</u>- <em>Of courtliness, and stately manners took,
</em>
<em>And would be held worthy of reverence</em>
<u>Squire</u>- <em>A lover and a lusty bachelor,
</em>
<em>With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press.</em>
<u>Knight</u>- <em>And honoured everywhere for worthiness.
</em>
<em>At Alexandria, he, when it was won;</em>
<u>Pardoner</u>- <em>In wisps hung down such locks as he'd on head,
</em>
<em>But as to hood, for sport of it, he'd none,</em>