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This page is part of the List of years in poetry: Centuries in poetry: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century: Decades in poetry: 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s: Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) [1] was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".
Pages in category "17th-century poems" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ahe Nila Saila;
Mirum in Modum (poetry) – John Davies of Hereford; Satiromastix (play) – Thomas Dekker and John Marston; A Survey of Cornwall – Richard Carew; 1603. The True Law of Free Monarchies by King James VI and I; Ane Godlie Dreame (poem) by Elizabeth Melville published in Edinburgh; Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare; Othello by William ...
The poet Abraham Cowley, in whose biography Samuel Johnson first named and described Metaphysical poetry. The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a greater emphasis on the spoken rather than lyrical quality of their verse.
The statue was said by Izaac Walton in his biography, to have been modelled from the life by Donne to suggest his appearance at the resurrection. It started a vogue of such monuments during the 17th century. [21] In 2012, a bust of the poet by Nigel Boonham was unveiled outside in the cathedral churchyard. [22]
17th-century poetry books (3 C, 4 P) P. 17th-century poems (10 C, 20 P) Pages in category "17th-century poetry" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of ...
The early 17th century saw the emergence of this group of poets who wrote in a witty, complicated style. The most famous of the Metaphysicals is probably John Donne. Others include George Herbert, Thomas Traherne, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, and Richard Crashaw. [10] John Milton in his Comus falls into this group. The Metaphysical poets went ...