the cavalier poets/john wilmot

  • title given to court poets of 17th century

  • came from aristocratic classes that supported King Charles I during Civil War

  • cavalier = gallant gentleman

features of cavalier poetry:

  • it was celebratory

    • express joy for transitory things

    • praised hedonistic things

  • promoted monarchy n denounced roundheads

“the wildest and most fantastically odd man alive”

“for five years together, he was continually drunk”