What is ironic in the words used by the narrator to describe the Summoner in “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales?You’d meet none better if you went to find one. / Why, he’d allow—just for a quart of wine— / Any good lad to keep a concubine. (ll. 666–668)

Answer 1

The irony in the words used by the narrator to describe the Summoner in "The Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales is that the narrator suggests that the Summoner is an expert at finding individuals who are morally corrupt or sinful. However, at the same time, the Summoner himself is engaging in immoral behavior by accepting bribes of wine to overlook the wrongdoings of others.