The Sot-Weed Factor (poem)
"The Sot-Weed Factor: Or, a Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr" is a satirical poem written by British-American poet Ebenezer Cooke, and first published in London in 1708.
Image: The Sot Weed Factor; or, a Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr
Ebenezer Cooke was an American poet. Probably born in London, he became a lawyer in Maryland, then a British colony, where he wrote a number of poems including one that some scholars consider the first American satire: "The Sot-Weed Factor: Or, a Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr" (1708). He was fictionalized by John Barth as the comically innocent protagonist of The Sot-Weed Factor, a novel in which a series of fantastic misadventures leads Cooke to write his poem.
An earlier published copy of Ebineezer Cookes satirical poem "The Sot-weed factor", circa 1730. The poem was first released in 1708.