2.3 Metaphysical Poets and Cavalier poets r Two antagonistic camps: the royalists and the Puritans r The metaphysical Poets: John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert John Donne:"A Valediction: Forbidding mourning (1611) r The Cavalier Poets: Sir John Suckling Robert Herrick Ben johnson Carpe Diem: a Latin phrase meaning seize the day The philosophy of carpe diem asserts the notion that since life is short one must make the most of one's youth. This motif became very popular in the love poetry of the seventeenth century 2/23/20212/23/2021 6 2.3 Metaphysical Poets and Cavalier Poets Two antagonistic camps: the Royalists and the Puritans. The Metaphysical Poets: John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert John Donne: “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” (1611) The Cavalier Poets: Sir John Suckling, Robert Herrick, Ben Johnson Carpe Diem: a Latin phrase meaning “seize the day”. The philosophy of carpe diem asserts the notion that since life is short, one must make the most of one’s youth. This motif became very popular in the love poetry of the seventeenth century