Biography robert herrick

Robert Herrick (August 24, 1591 – October 1674) was a seventeenth century Englishpoet and cleric, known as the most famous of the "Sons of Ben," a poetic movement among the Cavalier Poets of the mid seventeenth-century that both held up the classically-influenced poetry of Ben Jonson as an exemplary role-model, and rejected the fanaticism of the Puritans and supported the Restoration of Charles II.

Herrick, who knew Jonson personally, carried on Jonson's mission of reinvigorating English poetry by adapting the English language to ancient Greek and Latin forms. In particular, Herrick introduced the Greek style of lyrical poetry to English literature.

Herrick's lyrics were notable not only because of their beauty, but because they adhered to the stricture of classical form, and preserved the learned allusions to classical literature and mythology that had been a hallmark of Jonson's works.

Herrick's poetic style, however, is noticeably lighter than Jonson&#