Andrew Marvell ( 1621-1678) Robert Herrick ( 1591-1674) Sir John Suckling ( 1609-1642)

1. Andrew Marvell ( 1621-1678)Robert Herrick ( 1591-1674)Sir John Suckling ( 1609-1642) Mrs. Cumberland

2. Andrew Marvell

3. Andrew Marvell • Marvell showed an extraordinary adaptability in a turbulent time. • Although he was the son of a Puritan minister and frowned on the abuses of the monarchy, he enjoyed close friendships with supporters of Charles I in the kings dispute with Parliament. • He also opposed the government of Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Puritan rebellion and then ruler of England.

4. Marvell • Beginning in 1651, however, Marvell worked for Lord Fairfax, the commanding general of the Parliamentary army. • Still later, he tutored Cromwell’s ward. • Marvell gained the sponsorship of the Puritan and great English poet John Milton, whose assistant he became.

5. Marvell • Marvell wrote masterful poetry in various veins- some works share the metaphysical qualities of Donne’s verse, while others have the classical qualities recommended by Jonson. • Thought of chiefly as a satirist until the nineteenth century, much of his work has become classic.

6. Robert Herrick

7. Robert Herrick ( 1591-1674) • Born into a family of London goldsmiths, Herrick went to Cambridge when he was twenty-two and graduate at the age of twenty-nine. • After graduation, he served as a military chaplain. • As a reward for his services, he was assigned to a parish in rural England. • He performed his churchly duties and wrote religious verse and musical love poems

8. Herrick • Although not politically active, Herrick was evicted from his parish by the Puritans and allowed back only when the Restoration of Charles II. • While barred from his church, Herrick returned to his native and beloved London, where he published his poetry in Noble Numbers and Hesperides (a title comes from an ancient Greek name for a mythical garden a the edge of the world.)

9. Herrick • Published during a turbulent time and largely ignored by his contemporaries, these verse are highly regarded today.

10. Sir John Suckling

11. Suckling • In some ways, Sir John Suckling lived a life more romantic than Marvell’s or Herrick’s. • A privileged young courtier, Suckling inherited his vast estates when he was only eighteen. • He later served as a gentleman in the privy chamber of Charles I

12. Suckling • Praised as the cleverest of conversationalists, Suckling was said to be able to compose a poem at a moment’s notice. • He incorporated some of his best lyrics, including the poem “Song,” into plays that he lavishly produced at his own expense

13. Suckling • Suckling’s military exploits proved less successful than his poems, however. The cavalry troop he raised and lavishly uniformed for the king was defeated in Scotland, and Suckling was mocked for caring more about his men’ suniforms than about their military abilities.

14. Suckling • After joining a failed Royalist plot to rescue a royal minister from prison, he fled to France, where he died in despair at the age of thirty-three. • His poems though, preserve the dash and spirit of his younger days.