Dryden's poems documented the tumultuous politics of the late seventeenth century. His first important poem commemorated the death of Oliver Cromwell. Two years later, his next important poem celebrated the return of Charles II. Despite the historical subject matter of his poems, Dryden used forms and styles that would become popular in the eighteenth century. His poems often featured , rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. His verses paved the way for the infamous wit of Alexander Pope.

lihuliivi hili nilu lutaula previous 21 next end of semester test: english 12b submit test reader tools info- select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow a shropshire lad by ae housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty no use to talk to me when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue" and i am two-and-twenty. and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true the central theme of the poem is in the end, the poet the wise man's views. reset next