"Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris" by Michael Drayton is a collection that brings together the sonnet cycles of three poets to explore the highs and lows of love during the Elizabethan era. The editor, Martha Foote Crow, presents works by Michael Drayton, Bartholomew Griffin, and William Smith, each offering a different take on passion and yearning; starting with Drayton's "Idea," a sorrowful journey of unrequited love where the poet's feelings grow and change through his poems, then moving to Griffin's "Fidesa," which captures love's playful yet sharp edges, and coming to a close with Smith's "Chloris," where the pain of a shepherd's unreturned love is put on stark display. The book showcases the challenges of love with each poet using their unique voice to reflect the universal feelings of hope, desire, and heartache.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris
By Michael Drayton
In a world of passionate verses, poets pour out their hearts, revealing the joys and pains of love through sonnets of longing, heartbreak, and devotion.
Summary
About the AuthorMichael Drayton was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era, continuing to write through the reign of James I and into the reign of Charles I. Many of his works consisted of historical poetry. He was also the first English-language author to write odes in the style of Horace. He died on 23 December 1631 in London.
Michael Drayton was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era, continuing to write through the reign of James I and into the reign of Charles I. Many of his works consisted of historical poetry. He was also the first English-language author to write odes in the style of Horace. He died on 23 December 1631 in London.
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