GO, LOVELY
ROSE
EDMUND WALLER
, ABOUT EDMUND
WALLER
BORN: 3 March 1606, Coleshill, Hertfordshire, England
DIED: 21 October 1687, Beaconsfield, England
NATIONALITY: British
His mother was related to Oliver Cromwell, the future king of Britai
marriage. When Waller's father passed away when he was twelve y
left him a sizable inheritance that enabled him to become independ
Waller is thought to have served as the representative for Agmond
(Amersham) in James I's final parliament in 1621 when he was just
Clarendon claims that Waller was "nursed in parliaments."Waller at
College in Cambridge and Eton College, but he never pursued a de
On July 5, 1631, he wed wealthy heiress Anne Banks. While giving
second child, she passed away in 1634.
Within the English canon, Edmund Waller is regarded as a minor p
better known for his political activism than for his poetry, particular
foiled "Waller's Plot" royalist plot. He is best known for writing "Go,
(1645), a superb example of a Cavalier lyric that has been widely a
,READING OF THE POEM
, OVERALL
PURPOSE
In addition to stressing the importance of seizing
the day, the speaker of the poem wanted to
reassure the woman he is speaking to about her
beauty and his love for her, because it gives the
woman he admires a compliment, a plea, and a
warning in a romantic and sophisticated way, the
formal structure of the poem—patterned stanzas
and a formal rhyme scheme—fits the speaker's
purpose. He uses formal, elegant language and
literary devices in an effort to impress her and win
her over.
He decides on a rose because it has long been a
romantic representation of fleeting beauty.
ROSE
EDMUND WALLER
, ABOUT EDMUND
WALLER
BORN: 3 March 1606, Coleshill, Hertfordshire, England
DIED: 21 October 1687, Beaconsfield, England
NATIONALITY: British
His mother was related to Oliver Cromwell, the future king of Britai
marriage. When Waller's father passed away when he was twelve y
left him a sizable inheritance that enabled him to become independ
Waller is thought to have served as the representative for Agmond
(Amersham) in James I's final parliament in 1621 when he was just
Clarendon claims that Waller was "nursed in parliaments."Waller at
College in Cambridge and Eton College, but he never pursued a de
On July 5, 1631, he wed wealthy heiress Anne Banks. While giving
second child, she passed away in 1634.
Within the English canon, Edmund Waller is regarded as a minor p
better known for his political activism than for his poetry, particular
foiled "Waller's Plot" royalist plot. He is best known for writing "Go,
(1645), a superb example of a Cavalier lyric that has been widely a
,READING OF THE POEM
, OVERALL
PURPOSE
In addition to stressing the importance of seizing
the day, the speaker of the poem wanted to
reassure the woman he is speaking to about her
beauty and his love for her, because it gives the
woman he admires a compliment, a plea, and a
warning in a romantic and sophisticated way, the
formal structure of the poem—patterned stanzas
and a formal rhyme scheme—fits the speaker's
purpose. He uses formal, elegant language and
literary devices in an effort to impress her and win
her over.
He decides on a rose because it has long been a
romantic representation of fleeting beauty.
