17th Century Poetry
17th Century Poetry The seventeenth century was a time of difficult changes and uncertainties. ... This paper will briefly describe the seventeenth century and will include quotes and philosophies of poets such as John Donne, John Milton and Richard Lovelace. Life in the seventeenth century can be described as violent. ... Throughout this century England saw many different rulers and seven civil wars. During the last half of the century, London survived an outbreak of a bubonic plague and a fire that destroyed a large part of the city. The recovery of these disasters started the rebuilding of the seventeenth century. ... Many poets expressed their feelings of the century on paper. ... Metaphysical poetry is characterized usually by its style rather than its content, and many metaphysical poets use metaphors, allusions and puns. 17th Century Poetry The seventeenth century was a time of difficult changes and uncertainties.