What are the characteristics of Elizabethan poetry?

Elizabethan poetry, as the name suggests, comprises the poetry written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth Iof England. The Elizabethan age, which spanned from 1558 to 1603, was a golden period in the history of English Literature. Fine Arts and Literature flourished like anything during this time. read more

As Alok says, much of Elizabethan poetry is Romantic in style and form. Heavily influenced by the European Renaissance period (Neoclassicism), Elizabethan poetry included many references to classical Greek and Roman myths. Characteristic of much of this era is a keen interest in the exotic and faraway (two traits 0f Romanticism). read more