Henry Vaughan

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Poet
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Jesus_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:artMovement Metaphysical poets
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:The_Royal_Society
gptkbp:born 1621
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo Spiritual_poetry
gptkbp:died 1695
gptkbp:famousFor Religious themes
gptkbp:famousQuote "We see the world as we are."
gptkbp:genre Metaphysical poetry
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Puritanism
English Civil War
Restoration period
Metaphysical poetry movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry Vaughan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:George_Herbert
gptkbp:influenceOn Romantic poets
gptkbp:inspiration Nature
gptkbp:knownFor Metaphysical poetry
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality Welsh
gptkbp:notableWork Silex Scintillans
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Poet
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Brecon,_Wales
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Studied in literary courses
Biographies written about him
Anthologized in various collections
Critical essays published about his work
Reevaluation of his work
gptkbp:productionCompany 17th century
gptkbp:publishedBy Poems
The Holy Dying
The Holy Living
The Mount of Olives
Olor_Iscanus
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Vaughan
gptkbp:style Elegy
Epigram
Lyric poetry
Sonnet
Ode
Lyrical
gptkbp:theme Mortality
Transcendence
Nature's beauty
Divine love
Spiritual awakening
gptkbp:wrote Influence on later poets