Edmund Spencer & The Faerie Queene

       

Edmund Spencer (1522-1599) became famous for his Faerie Queene poem which he wrote and read to Queen Elizabeth I.

His friend Sir Walter Raleigh encouraged him to visit the Queen in London and read his poem.

His poem was presented in 3 books, the first part was published in 1590, the second in 1596. It was planed to be a 12 book publication.

The poem is an epic poem with memories and critics of Tudor's Dynasty. It also has Arthurian style, makes transcendental women into normal.

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Walter Raleigh was an English writer, politician and he was also a pirate.
He was Queen's Elizabet I protected and he fought Irish rebels, he also founded Virginia colony in the U.S. He also search El Dorado in an expedition.

He was imprisoned for conspiracy against Jacob I. He died decapitated in 1618. He was also friends with Edmund Spencer.

Some of his poems are:

-The Lie
-What is our life
-The ocean to Cynthia
-A Farewell to False Love

                                             

Farewell, false love, the oracle of lies,
A mortal foe and enemy to rest,
An envious boy, from whom all cares arise,
A bastard vile, a beast with rage possessed,
A way of error, a temple full of treason,
In all effects contrary unto reason...