Cavalier poetry

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17th-century English literature literary movement poetic style

Cavalier poetry is a style of 17th-century English verse, often light, elegant, and lyrical, written by supporters of King Charles I that celebrates honor, love, and loyalty to the monarchy.

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Label Occurrences
Cavalier poets 4
Cavalier poetry canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century English literature ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
poetic style ⓘ
employsRhetoricalDevice conceit (less elaborate than metaphysical conceit) ⓘ
hasAestheticIdeal ease ⓘ
sprezzatura ⓘ
hasCountryOfOrigin England ⓘ
hasForm epigram ⓘ
occasional verse ⓘ
short lyric ⓘ
song ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLiteraryContext Caroline era ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
hasNotablePractitioner Edmund Waller ⓘ
Richard Lovelace ⓘ
Robert Herrick ⓘ
Sir John Suckling ⓘ
Thomas Carew ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment Royalist ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext English Civil War ⓘ
hasSocialContext aristocratic culture ⓘ
court of King Charles I ⓘ
hasStyleCharacteristic clarity ⓘ
elegant diction ⓘ
formal polish ⓘ
graceful wit ⓘ
light tone ⓘ
lyrical quality ⓘ
hasTheme carpe diem ⓘ
courtly life ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
honor ⓘ
love ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
loyalty to the monarchy ⓘ
pleasure ⓘ
war and duty ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 17th century ⓘ
influenced later English lyric poetry ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Cavalier poetry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cavalier poets

Royalists ⓘ
supporters of King Charles I ⓘ
isContrastedWith Metaphysical poetry ⓘ
isInfluencedBy Renaissance lyric tradition ⓘ
classical poetry ⓘ
courtly love tradition ⓘ
usesForm rhymed couplets ⓘ
stanzaic forms ⓘ
usesMeter iambic meter ⓘ

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Royalists → associatedWith → Cavalier poetry ⓘ
Cavalier poetry → isAssociatedWith → Cavalier poetry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cavalier poets
Abraham Cowley → movement → Cavalier poetry ⓘ
Abraham Cowley → associatedWith → Cavalier poetry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cavalier poets
Robert Herrick → movement → Cavalier poetry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cavalier poets
Sidney Godolphin (poet) → movement → Cavalier poetry ⓘ
subject surface form: Sidney Godolphin
Sidney Godolphin (poet) → associatedWith → Cavalier poetry ⓘ
subject surface form: Sidney Godolphin
this entity surface form: Cavalier poets