Hoccleve
[hok-leev]
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noun
Thomas,1370–1450, English poet.
Also Occleve.
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Lydgate and Hoccleve are the two principal successors of Chaucer.
A Literary History of the English PeopleJean Jules Jusserand
We find a well-known medieval poet called indifferently Occleve and Hoccleve.
The Romance of NamesErnest Weekley
A decline in the technique of the five-foot verse begins with Lydgate and Hoccleve.
A History of English VersificationJakob Schipper
He retained the Hoccleve passage (p. 6); his point about Wartons basis of selection is effective.
Beyond all doubt, Hoccleve copied the forms of Chaucer's lost virelays.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)Geoffrey Chaucer