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School Of Spencer Or School Of Spencerean Poetry

 "There is no season such delight can bring, as summer, autumn, winter and the spring" Literature of the Puritan period or Puritan poetry.  The puritan poetry divided into three parts first poetry of School of Spancer, second poetry of the Metaphysical school, and third poetry of the Cavalier poet.  School of Spencer Or school of Spencerean poetry.  The spenserians were the follower of Spencer. Spencer and Sidney had made fashionable during the sixteenth century, and the preferred to follow Spencer and considered him as their master. Phines Fletcher(1582-1648) and Giles Fletcher (1583-1623) are the most important poets of the spenserian poets and of this school. They were both priests and fellows of Cambridge university. Phineas Fletcher wrote a number of Spencerian pastorals and allegories. His most important work is the poem " The purple Island". It is an allegorical poem and follows the allegorical pattern of the Faerie Queen. Giles Fletcher was more lyrical and...

About 17th Century

17th century was divided into two ages or era.  The Puritan age or age of Milton during 1600 to 1660. And restoration age or age of Dryden during 1660 to 1700. Puritan age was further divided into two periods the first Jacobean age or period during 1603 to 1625, the ruler of jacobean period was James 1 and second Caroline age or period during 1625 to 1649, the ruler of Caroline period was Charles 1 and the Restoration Period or the Age of Dryden (1660-1700). The Jacobean era was the time when James I was King of England, between 1603 to 1625. We call it the Jacobean era, because Jacobus is the Latin version of the name James.( Latin form of the English name James ) King James 1 was also the king of Scotland, in Scotland he was known as king James 6. He was ruling both England and Scotland, he was called the king of great Britain. King James 1 was a strong advocate of royal absolutism, Which means that the king decision is final.  The Ca...

The Metaphysical Poets As John Donne

"Then love is sin, and let me sinful be" John Donne is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and satires. He is also known for his sermons. he was was an English poet, scholar, priest, lawyer, soldier and secretary. Donne is often considered the greatest love poet in the English language. He is also noted for his religious verse and treatises and for his sermons, which rank among the best of the 17th century.  Donne is considered a master of the metaphysical conceit. He generally is known as the poet of love, obscure, and mystic poet.  Life John Donne was born on 22 January, 1571 or 1572 in London. he was born into a recusant Roman Catholic family. Donne was the third of six children. His father, also named John Donne, his mother name was Elizabeth Heywood. His father and mother, ...

Metaphysical Poet As George Herbert

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night" George Herbert was an English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England, notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words.  His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill and providing food and clothing for those in need.  Herbert was a versatile master of metrical form and all aspects of the craft of verse. Though he shared the critical disapproval given the metaphysical poets until the 20th century, he was still popular with readers.  Realme Narzo 30A Buy Now Life George Herbert was born on 3 April 1593 in Montgomery Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales,  into an artistic, the son of Richard Herbert (died 1596) and his mother M...

John Milton

   "The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven" John Milton was an English poet, pamphleteer, and historian, considered the most significant English author after William Shakespeare.  John Milton served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious shifts and political instability, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Written in blank verse, Paradise Lost is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written. He was a staunch Puritan or Protestant. He is called Lady of the christ.  He known ten languages. Milton was a private schoolmaster.  Milton was the greatest poet of the Puritan age, and he stands head and shoulders above all his contemporaries.  Fame William Hayley's 1796 biography called him the greatest English author ...

What are The Metaphysical Poets Or Poetry

 "Then love is sin, and let me sinful be" Samuel Johnson was poet and literary critic, who first coined the term metaphysical poetry in his book lives of the most eminent English poets in 1779. Also known as lives of poets. The term metaphysical poets name which was given by Dr Samuel Johnson in derision because of the fantastic form of Donne's poetry, who borrowed it from John Dryden's phrase about John Donne , He affects the metaphysics( Negative review). Drummond is the first critic to write of a group of metaphysical poets. D onne is considered as father of metaphysical poetry. The term metaphysical means something supernatural and transcendental(उत्तमोत्तम). The word meta means beyond, after and physical means body nature. Its sense is 'what is beyond physical'. It is concerned with fundamental problems of life, death, soul even after death. The term metaphysical poetry means poetry dealing with metaphysical subjects. These subjects are nature of univers...