One of Sir John Sucklings best poems "Song" and how it is typical of the calvalier style of British Literature

John Suckling is perhaps one of the greatest examples of a great 17thcentury English poet. His cavalier style of writing is renowned for it for its carefree style and use of love and life as most cavaliers wrote about. Many of his poems have become famous, and are still read, analyzed and praised even today. When looking at his literature and glancing through his poems, sonnets, and pamphlets there is one that surely cannot be …

…e are many great aspects of the Sir John Suckling's poem "song". When broken down it is possible to see its carefree style, and at times artificiality unique to the cavaliers. Its tone, theme and form including the poems lightheartedness, and conclusion on love furthermore classify it to be a true cavalier masterpiece. It portrays a fine example of the dieing spirit of the cavalier, and the Carpe Diem style in which they wrote in.