John Gower is an English poet, He is remembered primarily for three major works, the Mirour de l'Omme, Vox Clamantis, and Confessio Amantis, three long poems written in French, Latin, and English respectively, which are united by common moral and political themes. Geoffrey Chaucer respected and admired Gower and his work so much that he gave him a medieval version of a modern day shout out in his poem Troilus and Criseyde, which he dedicated in part to 'moral Gower. ' Details about Gower's life are a bit murky.