AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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John Dryden
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Henry Vaughan
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Alexander Pope
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Ben Jonson
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Detailed explanation-1: -Key poets associated with the school of neoclassical poetry included John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, and Oliver Goldsmith. Major works included epics and satires, such as Pope’s The Rape of the Lock or Milton’s Paradise Lost.
Detailed explanation-2: -Regarding English literature, the Neoclassical Age is typically divided into three periods: the Restoration Age (1660-1700), the Augustan Age (1700-1750), and the Age of Johnson (1750-1798).
Detailed explanation-3: -William Blake is a lyric poet. He was born in the neo-classical age, but the things that distinguish him from other poets of his age are the lyrical qualities of his poetry. By the lyrical qualities we understand such poetic features as subjectivity, melodiousness, imagination, description and meditation.