2. What is the effect?
3. What is the poet's intention?
The Prioress’ characterization is organized into five parts. At the beginning Chaucer starts telling the reader the lady's nickname and providing some information about her social status, after that he explains about the Prioress’ education and her manners.
In addition the poet tells the reader the experiences of her life and at the end he describes her physical appearance and her dressing style.
The poet created this characterization because he wanted to criticize the Prioress as a representative of the clergy (the religious class).
The poet was able to do that through the use of the irony, a literary device used to convey meanings from (usually opposite to) the apparent ones.