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Nashe's defense of poetry leads him to the conclusion that the best art is the most obscure and idealized. He aspires to sound like Edmund Spenser, George Chapman, or Roger Ascham: the purpose of true poetry is moral reformation, but only eloquence, strengthened by learning and experience, can effect such reform.
Compared to Nashe's other works, this poem shares his satirical wit and interest in the darker aspects of human nature. However, it differs in its focus on personal experience rather than political commentary. The poem also reflects the bawdy and irreverent tone of the Elizabethan era, mirroring the popular ballads and pamphlets of the time.
Nashe is widely remembered for three short poems, all drawn from this play and frequently reprinted in anthologies of Elizabethan verse: “Adieu, farewell, earth’s bliss,” “Fair summer droops” and “Autumn hath all the summer’s fruitful treasure.”
- English
- St John's College, Cambridge
- Playwright, poet, satirist
- Summer's Last Will and Testament (1592)
A Litany in Time of Plague. Thomas Nashe. Adieu, farewell, earth’s bliss; This world uncertain is; Fond are life’s lustful joys; Death proves them all but toys; None from his darts can fly; I am sick, I must die. Lord, have mercy on us!
Jul 21, 2020 · Nashe’s shorter poetic efforts are almost equally divided between sonnets and lyrical poems. The longer The Choise of Valentines is a narrative in the erotic style of Ovid. Sonnets. Among Nashe’s poems are six sonnets, two of which may be said to be parodies of the form.
Mar 28, 2024 · Thomas Nashe was a pamphleteer, poet, dramatist, and author of The Unfortunate Traveller; or, The Life of Jacke Wilton (1594), the first picaresque novel in English. Nashe was educated at the University of Cambridge, and about 1588 he went to London, where he became associated with Robert Greene
