The Cavalier poets

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf poets
gptkbp:artMovement Cavalier_poetry
gptkbp:associatedWith 17th century England
gptkbp:characterizedBy lyric poetry
elegance
light-hearted themes
gptkbp:historicalContext English Civil War
Royalist_supporters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Cavalier poets
gptkbp:influencedBy Renaissance_literature
French_poetry
Caroline_court
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Sir_John_Suckling
gptkb:Richard_Lovelace
gptkb:Robert_Herrick
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:The_Ballad_of_Sir_John_Suckling
gptkb:The_Farewell
gptkb:The_Passionate_Shepherd_to_His_Love
gptkb:To_Althea,_from_Prison
gptkb:Upon_Julia's_Clothes
The Garden
The Rehearsal
The Dream
The Relapse
The Song of the Shirt
The Return
The Song of the Sea
The Nightingale
The Song of the Night
The Lover's Complaint
The Song of the Nightingale
The Song of the Moon
The Song of the Stars
The Song of the Sun
The Departure
The Song of the Wind
The Song of the Sky
The Surrender
The Song of the Fire
The Last Will and Testament
The Constant Lover
The Lamentation of a Lover
The Snare
The Song of the Rose
The Fairies' Song
The_Song_of_the_Earth
The_Wish
Gather_Ye_Rosebuds_While_Ye_May
The_Farewell_to_Love
gptkbp:opposedBy Metaphysical poets
gptkbp:style focus on personal emotion
simple and direct language
use of classical references
gptkbp:theme love
the pleasures of life
loyalty to the king