ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".

Detailed explanation-2: -The Caroline period saw the flourishing of the cavalier poets (including Thomas Carew, Richard Lovelace, and John Suckling) and the metaphysical poets (including George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Katherine Philips), movements that produced figures like John Donne, Robert Herrick and John Milton.

Detailed explanation-3: -Herrick became well known as a poet about 1620–30; many manuscript commonplace books from that time contain his poems. The only book that Herrick published was Hesperides (1648), which included His Noble Numbers, a collection of poems on religious subjects with its own title page dated 1647 but not previously printed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Age of Charles First also known as the Caroline Period and during this span of time the spirit of Renaissance began declining. The period is very fruitful in terms of its creative writings. John Milton started his writing in this period.

Detailed explanation-5: -Another Grace for a Child. The Argument of his Book. The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad. Corinna’s going a Maying. Delight in Disorder. Discontents in Devon. His Farewell to Sack. His Prayer for Absolution. More items