Cavalier poets

American  

plural noun

1. a group of English poets, including Herrick, Carew, Lovelace, and Suckling, mainly at the court of Charles I.

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Cavalier poets British  

plural noun

1. a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace

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Etymology

Origin of Cavalier poets

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

There is very little poetry in the volume, only a striking facility in rime, brightened by the devil-may-care spirit of the Cavalier poets; but as a revelation of the man himself it is remarkable.

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph

The Cavalier poets wrote much lyrical verse, mostly in lighter vein, but the religious poets strike a deeper note.

From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post

What is meant by the terms Cavalier poets, Spenserian poets, Metaphysical poets?

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph

We use the term here in a narrower sense, excluding the followers of Daniel and that later group known as the Cavalier poets.

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph

His verse, while sometimes strained and over-decorated, is chastely designed, rich and, like that of the Cavalier poets of the seventeenth century, mystically devotional.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis