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  1. poemanalysis.com

    The 16th century is also known as the English Renaissance period. The writers of this century took English poetry and drama to new heights. Beginning from Thomas Wyatt and Edmund Spenser to William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe belonged to this period. They experimented with classical forms and explored new fields.
  2. interestingliterature.com

    Sir Philip Sidney, 'Loving in Truth'. One of the best poems about writing poetry, this sonnet, written in alexandrines or twelve-syllable lines, opens Sidney's great sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella, a sequence of 108 sonnets - and a few songs - inspired by Sidney's unrequited love for Penelope Rich, who was offered to him as a potential wife a few years before.
  3. interestingliterature.com

    The poem reflects the blackest moods of depression, with the speaker wishing to join with the night, since they both embody darkness and are natural partners for each other. Scroll down to number 37 on the list linked to above to read this poem. So there we have it: our pick of the ten best short Renaissance poems and lyrics.
  4. interestingliterature.com

    The Elizabethan era (1558-1603) was a golden age of English poetry, drama, and song-writing, with sonnets, madrigals, and pioneering plays all being produced. Below, we introduce ten of the greatest poems of the Elizabethan age. If these whet your appetite for more, we can highly recommend Elizabethan Lyrics edited by Norman Ault, a bumper collection…
  5. poetryfoundation.org

    The following poets, poem guides, articles, and recordings traverse almost two centuries of poetry, from Wyatt to Milton, and the Renaissance era that readers and poets have long prized as a golden age of poetic achievement in English. This introduction offers one sketch of that period's ceaseless innovations and tremendous expansions.
  6. thoughtco.com

    The love poems of the English Renaissance (late 15th-early 17th century) are considered to be some of the most romantic of all time. Many of the most famous poets are more well-known as the Elizabethan era playwrights—Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Ben Jonson (1572-1637), and the most renowned of all, William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
  7. britannica.com

    English literature - Elizabethan Poetry, Prose: English poetry and prose burst into sudden glory in the late 1570s. A decisive shift of taste toward a fluent artistry self-consciously displaying its own grace and sophistication was announced in the works of Spenser and Sidney. It was accompanied by an upsurge in literary production that came to fruition in the 1590s and 1600s, two decades of ...
  8. en.wikipedia.org

    Memorial where poet and Roman Catholic Bishop Jón Arason was executed in Skalholt, south Iceland. Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February - Marcantonio Flaminio (born 1498), Italian, Latin-language poet June 2 - Guillaume Bigot (born 1502), French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin June 12 - Cristobal de Castillejo (born c. 1490 ...
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