Edmund-Spenser

EdmundSpenserEdmundSpenser(C.1552--1599)LondonMerchantTaylors’SchoolMatriculatedasasizaratPembrokeCollege,Cambridge.InJuly1580SpenserwenttoIreland,intheserviceofthenewlyappointedlorddeputyThenheservedwiththeEnglishforcesduringtheSecondDesmondRebellion.AfterthedefeatofthenativeIrishhewasawardedlandsinCountyCork.thathadbeenconfiscatedintheMunsterplantation.duringtheElizabethanreconquesetofIreland.in1598,SpenserwasdrivenfromhishomebythenativeIrishforces.Nextyear,deadinLondon.listofworks•TheShepheardesCalender(1579)•Amoretti(1959)•Epithalamion(1959)•TheFaerieQueene(1596)ThroughhispoetrySpenserhopedtosecureaplaceatcourt,whichhevisitedinRaleigh'scompanytodeliverhismostfamouswork,theFaerieQueene.anepicpoemandfantasticalallegorycelebratingtheTudordynastyandElizabeth1.Spenserusedadistinctiveverseform,calledtheSpenserianstanza.therhymeschemeisababbcbccThefivemainqualitiesofSpenser'spoetryare1)aperfectmelody;2)araresenseofbeauty;3)asplendidimagination;4)aloftymoralpurityandseriousness;5)adedicatedidealism.Inadditiontotheabove,Spenserusesstrangeformsofspeechandobsoletewordsinordertoincreasetherusticeffect.ItisSpenser'sidealism,hisloveofbeauty,andhisexquisitemelodythatma3ekehimknownasthepoets'poet.