Main Poets of the Elizabethan Age
Main Poets of the Elizabethan Age 1- Edmund Spenser 2- Philip Sidney 3- Michael Drayton 1-Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) Born in- East Smithfield, London. Father- John Spenser Educated at- Merchant Taylor’s school and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge First Poetic work- The Shepheard’s Calendar (1579) at Kent, dedicated to Philip Sidney. It is a series of eclogues (short poems). Wife- Elizabeth Boyle, Married in 1594 Works- 1- The Shepheard’s Calendar (1579), dedicated to Philip Sidney 2- The Faerie Queene (1590-1596), offered Elizabeth, in an attempt to gain her favour 3- Amoretti (1595), recorded his marriage 4- Epithalamion (1595), marriage song, dedicated to Elizabeth Boyle, his young bride. 5- Astrophel (1595), a pastoral Elegy upon the death of the most Noble and Valorous Knight, Sir Philip Sidney. 6- Prothalamion (1596) 2-Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Born at- Penshurst, in Kent, England, 29th November, 1554 Father- Henry Sidney, a close companion of ‘King Edward VI Mother- Lady Mary Dudley Life-long friend- Fulke Greville…