John Dryden and Restoration Poetry – University Notes
The restoration poetry was mostly satirical, realistic, and written in the heroic couplet, of which Dryden (1631-1700) was the supreme master. In his youth, he came under the influence of Cowley, and his early poetry has the characteristics of conceits and exaggerations like metaphysical poets. But later, he emancipated himself from the false taste and … Read more
