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Abraham cowley against hope poem summary

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Abraham Cowley was the foremost poet of his time, celebrated for his versatility, his erudition, and his unique contributions to English verse and prose. He is frequently referred to as the last of the metaphysical poets, although it's widely agreed that he regarded himself as a follower of Spenser and Jonson rather than Donne. Throughout his career he employed a variety of poetic forms and styles, adapting classical and Renaissance models as well as imitating his immediate predecessors' use of elaborate, paradoxical metaphors. Cowley's prose style has been highly praised, from his own day to the present, for its naturalness, grace, and simplicity. His aesthetic theories, never codified, are implicit in many of his odes as well as more directly in prefaces and notes to major works. 

Answer 2

The English writer Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was among the first to use the Pindaric ode formin English poetry. He contributed importantly to the development of thefamiliar essay in English.The posthumous son of a merchant, Abraham Cowley was born in London and educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1640. Like Richard Crashaw, he left Cambridge in 1643, when Oliver Cromwell's occupation of the city threatened the continuance of his fellowship, and joined the court at Oxford.