Metaphysical poets
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The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a grea
The poet Abraham Cowley, in whose biography Samuel Johnson first named and described Metaphysical poetry
The title page of Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillans, 1650
"Europe supported by Africa and America", William Blake, 1796
Cavalier poet
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The cavalier poets was a school of English poets of the 17th century, that came from the classes that supported King Charles I during the English Civil War. Charles, a connoisseur of the fine arts, su
Charles I of England
