The Foundations of English Literature a Study of the Development of English Th
The Foundations of English Literature a Study of the Development of English Th
Fred Lewis Pattee
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The task for both poets was no light one; the language had never before been poured into the light, dainty mold of the love lyric. Wyatt was more timid, even in his deepest passion he clung closely to his foreign models; Surrey was too self-confident, too headstrong, long to follow in another's path. He was a leader, imperious and original, and he broke quickly away from his early masters. He was in danger of going to extremes, even to the extreme of " Skeltonian license. " He was more gay and ...trivial than Wyatt. A youth in the twenties, fond of the glitter and the flattery of the court, fond of war, life was to him no very serious thing. His love songs are too extrava- gant, too impulsive, to be the index of any deep feeling. They trip gracefully and merrily compared with those of his " elder brother in the muse. " They have a sweet lilting movement, and a lightness that make some of Wyatt's efforts seem almost grotesque, but they never reach the depth of passion or the intensity of feeling which the elder poet often touched.
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