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background to Cavalier literature

Royalist supporters during civil war

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common themes / content in Cavalier literature

  • gallantry, honour

  • courtship

  • carpe diem (seize the day) attitide

  • straightforward

  • enjoying life > following moral code

  • fellowship, social life

  • sensuality, romance

  • loyalty to monarchy

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typical literary devices in Cavalier literature

  • more evenly structured and formal than metaphysical poems

  • no complex meters / rhyme schemes

  • elegant

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time period of cavalier poetry

17th century