Cavalier poet

Cavalier poets is a broad description of a school of poets, who came from the classes that supported King Charles I during the English Civil War. They were marked out by their lifestyle and religion from the Puritans on the Parliamentarian side; much of their poetry is light in style, and generally secular in subject.

Related Topics:
Poet - Charles I - English Civil War - Puritan

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The best known of the Cavalier poets are Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Thomas Carew, and Sir John Suckling.

Related Topics:
Ben Jonson - Robert Herrick - Richard Lovelace - Thomas Carew - Sir John Suckling

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Most of the Cavalier poets were courtiers, with notable exceptions: Robert Herrick, for example, was not a courtier but his style marks him as a Cavalier poet.

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