Edmund spensers sonnet sequence, the amoretti 1595, has long been. Born in or near 1552 to a family of modest means, edmund spenser was possibly the son of john spenser, a free journeyman clothmaker resident in east smithfield in london, though this relationship is f. Edmund spenser was an english poet best known for the faerie queene, an epic poem and. The academy of american poets is the largest membershipbased nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. Edmund spenser is considered one of the preeminent poets of the english language. Abstract edmund spenser is characterized by charles lamb as the poets poet, while all the elizabethans acclaimed him as the prince of poets. Edmund spenser 1552 january 1599 edmund spenser was an english poet best known for the faerie queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the tudor dynasty and elizabeth i. All poems that edmund spenser wrote ae always great. It might sound like scientific jargon, but edmund spenser s epithalamion is actually a sort of love poem.
Whom ye thought worthy of your gracefull rymes, that even the greatest did not greatly scorne. The complete works in verse and prose of edmund spenser, volume iv pdf. Pdf on jan 1, 2014, jiancheng wang and others published love in spensers amoretti find, read and cite all the research you need. Epithalamion, is a marriage ode written by the english renaissance poet edmund spenser. Edmund spenser, born 155253, london, englanddied january, 1599, london, english poet whose long allegorical poem the faerie queene is one of the greatest in the english language. It was written in what came to be called the spenserian stanza youth and education. Spenserwithout accentuating my sense of obligation to my friends. Amoretti is a sonnetcycle tracing the suitors long courtship and eventual wooing of his beloved. Since parish records for the area of london where the poet grew up were destroyed in the great fire of 1666, his. To heare theyr names sung in your simple layes, but joyed in theyr prayse. This poem was published originally with his sonnet sequence. Edmund spenser poetry collection from famous poets and poems. Edmund spenser, known for his english epic the faerie queene, was a major poet of the elizabethan era.
Amoretti the amoretti by edmund spenser is one of the great elizabethan cycles of love poetry. He was related to a noble midlands family of spencer, whose fortunes had been made. He was born into the family of an obscure cloth maker named john spenser, who belonged to the merchant taylors company and was married to a woman named elizabeth, about whom almost nothing is known. Edmund spenser poems poems of edmund spenser poem hunter. He is recognised as one of the premier craftsmen of modern english verse in its infancy, and one of the greatest poets in the english language. Edmund spenser poems by the famous poet all poetry.