ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -16th century poetry mainly focussed on sonnets and experimentation with other metre forms in English. Sonnet is a subjective poem, a type of lyrical poem which was written to express the personal feelings and emotions of the poet (Daiches, 2004). Subjective poetry underwent decline in the medieval period.

Detailed explanation-2: -The foremost poets of the Jacobean era, Ben Jonson and John Donne, are regarded as the originators of two diverse poetic traditions-the Cavalier and the metaphysical styles.