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Edmund Spenser is considered one of the preeminent poets of the English language. He was born into the family of an obscure cloth maker named John Spenser, who belonged to the Merchant Taylors’ Company and was married to a woman named Elizabeth, about whom almost nothing is known. Since parish…
The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 stanzas, [1] it is one of the longest poems in the English language; it is also the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza. [2]
Nov 18, 2021 · Edmund Spenser (c. 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet, and is best known for his epic poem The Faerie Queene, which he wrote for Elizabeth I. Spenser is often remembered as one of the most important poets in the English language, using an interesting writing style that became known as the Spenserian stanza and a voluminous ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Edmund Spenser. The Faerie Queene, one of the great long poems in the English language, written in the 16th century by Edmund Spenser.
Edmund Spenser is considered one of the preeminent poets of the English language. He was born into the family of an obscure cloth maker named John Spenser, who belonged to the Merchant Taylors’ Company and was married to a woman named Elizabeth, about whom almost...
Prothalamion. By Edmund Spenser. CALM was the day, and through the trembling air. Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play, A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay. Hot Titan's beams, which then did glister fair; When I whose sullen care, Through discontent of my long fruitless stay. In prince's court, and expectation vain.
Edmund Spenser - Edmund Spenser, known for his English epic The Faerie Queene, was a major poet of the Elizabethan era.
