In 1648 Herrick publishes a poem in which he claims to celebrate all the joys of life and nature. This being said, it is easy to miss the fact that a poem such as “The Argument of His Book” (so like an introduction to Hesperides) is deeply political.
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But even his love poems are very different from those of Donne’s – this is Cavalier poetry, smooth, elegant and addressed to a series of pretty interchangeable mistresses. He wrote some religious poetry, which I am going to read later, but he is mostly famous for his very secular poems. Despite being an Anglican priest, he doesn’t seem to share with Herbert or Donne their passionate engagement with God. His major volume Hesperides was published in this period of his unemployment under the Commonwealth. He lost his job when the Puritans came to power, but fortunately for them outlived them and was reinstituted in his parish by Charles II. He became a priest and was posted to rural Devonshire.
Robert Herrick was one of the so-called Sons of Ben, the young admirers/hangers-on of Ben Jonson. Sideshowtog on John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Roche…Ĭontemplating Sunk P… on Rudyard Kipling –… James Joyce – “A Por… on James Joyce – “A Portrait of t… Eliot – “The Waste Land Part 1 The Burial of the Dead” Eliot – “The Waste Land Part 2 – A Game of Chess” Eliot “The Waste Land Part 3 – The Fire Sermon” Eliot “The Waste Land Part 3 – The Fire Sermon” (the end) Eliot – “The Waste Land Part 4 – Death by Water”
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