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  1. interestingliterature.com

    By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The seventeenth century gave us the first published poems from America, the elaborate conceits and scientific flavour of metaphysical poetry, some classic English epic poems, and the birth of the new, orderly, 'neoclassical' poetry that would continue into the following century. Below, we select ten of the most emblematic…
  2. smithsonianmag.com

    History | August 7, 2023. These 17th-Century Poems Painted Pictures on the Page—and Defied the Church of England's Rejection of Religious Images. George Herbert's shaped poetry subtly pushed ...
  3. poemsworld.net

    To conclude, puritan poems provide a window into the religious fervor and moral intensity of the 17th century. From exploring the complexities of divine providence to grappling with the nature of sin, puritan poets offer a unique perspective on the human condition and the eternal struggle between good and evil.
  4. poetryfoundation.org

    Sermons and tracts depicting what John Downame called Christian Warfare (1633), that is the clash between personified virtues and vices, ... The myth had wide circulation from medieval times through the 17th century. The poem is in six versions or drafts and several fragments, indicating that Taylor spent more time on the poem than it was worth.
  5. poetryfoundation.org

    Marvell finds the whole procedure, central to the religious verse of the 17th century, flawed by an inevitable lack of purity of intention or of sincerity. The result is implicitly idolatry, the worship of our own devices and desires: Alas I find the Serpent old That, twining in his speckled breast, About the flow'rs disguis'd does fold,
  6. poemanalysis.com

    This poem exemplifies the aesthetics and values prevalent in 17th century Japanese poetry. This era witnessed a shift towards brevity, simplicity, and capturing the essence of a moment. Bashō's poetry, deeply influenced by Zen philosophy, embodied these qualities and made a profound impact on the evolution of haiku and Japanese poetic tradition.
  7. englishliterature.info

    The poets of the middle of the seventeenth century are divided into two principal groups - the religious poets subdivided into Anglicans and Puritans; and the secular poets. The metaphysical poets like Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Richard Crashaw, Thomas Traherne, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell were religious poets and followes of John Donne who ...
  8. poemanalysis.com

    Was George Herbert a Renaissance poet? Although George Herbert's poetry is typically classified as belonging to the early modern period rather than the Renaissance, he wrote about themes surrounding religion, devotion, and worship. George Herbert is generally considered to be a poet of the Metaphysical school, which emerged in the early 17th century in England after the Renaissance period.
  9. learn.ligonier.org

    17th Century Theological Poets. Stephen Nichols. Share This Resource. ... She died in Andover, Mass., in 1672 and left behind a wonderful legacy of poetry. Our second poet is Edward Taylor. He was born in 1642 in England. He also emigrated to New England. He studied at Cambridge and Harvard, and he ended up at Westfield, Mass., as a minister ...
  10. studentwritingcenter.us

    Seventeenth-century poets responded to the complexity of religious beliefs in an age that produced exceptionally diverse and rich religious verse: the Laudian and anti-Calvinist poetry of Crashaw was strikingly different from the Calvinist verses of the Protestant Donne or from the anti-Laudian and prophetic poetry of Milton. The religious ...
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