Hoccleve

[ hok-leev ]

/ ˈhɒk liv /

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noun

Thomas, 1370–1450, English poet.

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The practice of Hoccleve and Lydgate is entirely ignored by those to whom it is convenient to ignore it.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
The poetry of Hoccleve is wretchedly bad, abounding with pedantry, and destitute of all grace or spirit.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
It thus became the business of the scribe, and the portraits in different copies of Hoccleve's works vary accordingly.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Hoccleve's metre is poor, so long as he can count ten syllables by his fingers he is content.
A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand

The reminiscences of the gay days of his youth stirred Hoccleve's muse to unwonted vivacity.
Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse|Various