ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Epithalamion is an ode written by Edmund Spenser to his bride, Elizabeth Boyle, on their wedding day in 1594. It was first published in 1595 in London by William Ponsonby as part of a volume entitled Amoretti and Epithalamion.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the theme of Epithalamion? The central theme of Epithalamion is the celebration of a marriage. It describes a happy wedding day in poetic imagery and ends the poem with hopes for the married couple’s future.

Detailed explanation-3: -An epithalamium is a special poem written in honor of a marriage. Many epithalamiums are addressed to brides on their wedding days. The poetic form called an epithalamium started in ancient Greece as a song that was sung to the bride and groom on their wedding night by a group of children.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edmund Spenser, (born 1552/53, London, England-died January 13, 1599, London), English poet whose long allegorical poem The Faerie Queene is one of the greatest in the English language. It was written in what came to be called the Spenserian stanza.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first was Complaints, published in 1591, which was a collection of poems that express complaints in mournful or mocking tones. In 1595, Spenser published Amoretti and Epithalamion, which contains eighty-eight sonnets commemorating his courtship of Elizabeth Boyle.