17Th Century Poetry

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17Th Century Poetry

The seventeenth century was a time of difficult changes and uncertainties. During these chaotic years many poets and philosophers expressed their thoughts and emotions through literature. This paper will briefly describe the seventeenth century and will include quotes and philosophies of poets such as John Donne, John Milton and Richard Lovelace.
Life in the seventeenth century can be described as violent. After Queen Elizabeth’s death, James I, her successor created disorder when he wanted everyone to be Anglican. This soon led to the beheading of his successor, King Charles I. Throughout this century England saw many different rulers and seven civil wars. During the last half of the century, London survived an outbreak of a bubonic plague and a fire that destroyed a large part of the city. The recovery of these disasters started the rebuilding of the seventeenth century.
This era was also a time of literature. Many poets expressed their feelings of the century on paper. For example, the metaphysical poet, John Donne, expresses his emotions in Sonnet 10. Hey says in this poem “Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men, and dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell....” He is saying that when a person dies they die exposed to the poison, war and sickness of this time. Metaphysical poetry is characterized usually by its style rather than its content, and many metaphysical poets use metaphors, allusions and puns. They are also known to use a lot of intellectual writing and surprise the reader by making them notice something...

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