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25 Cards in this Set
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leader of the metaphysical poets
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donne
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delivered his own funeral sermon
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donne
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most important metaphysical poet after john donne
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herbert
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tried to make poetry an approrpriate vehicle for prayer and devotion
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herbert
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assistant to john milton
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marvell
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member of parliament from hull
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marvell
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t.s. eliot helped revive his reputation
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marvell
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most mystical and emotional of metaphysical poets
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vaughan
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twin brother thomas
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vaughan
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most important dramatist of his age after shakesepare
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johnson
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killed a fellow actor in a duel
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johnson
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his death marks the beginning of neoclassicisism
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johnson
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wrote in all earlier classical poetry froms except epic
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johnson
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most demonstratively loyal of all "tribe of ben"
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herrick
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3 in charle's arm:
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sucking, lovelance, vaughan
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possibly the "dark lady"
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lanier
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greatest writer in the 17th century
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milton
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married to mary powell
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milton
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married to anne more
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donne
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wrote the finest pastoral elegy in english
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milton (lycidas)
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argued all english men should have the irght to divorce
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milton
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wrote an autobiography
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bunyan
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imprisoned for 12 years
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bunyan
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wrote the most widely read book from the puritan age
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bunyan (a pilgrim's progress)
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wrote one of the most popular pieces of christian writing
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bunyan (a pilgrim's progress)
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