Dryden's Poetry

Absalom and Achitophel action Æneid Æsop allusion analogy Anglican Anne Killigrew Annus Mirabilis Antony artistic Baucis and Philemon beasts beginning biblical Catholic character Charles Charleton Chaucer Christ Christian Christian humanism Church Cleopatra comparison conception concern couplet David death divine Donne Donne's Dryden's poem Dryden's poetry Duchess of Ormond earlier echoes Eleonora English epic epistle eternal F. T. Prince fable faith fate Flecknoe Franzius grace harmony heroic Hind human ideal ideas imagery important John Dryden kind king lines lyric MacFlecknoe means metaphor Milton monarchy mortal narrative nature neo-Platonic Oldham once Ovid Palamon and Arcite panegyric Panther passage passion play poet poetic praise progress piece Purcell reason relation Religio Laici religious Roman satire seems sense sequence Shadwell shows songs soul stanza story suggests temporal Theseus thou thought tone translation treated typology writing