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Which Romantic poets later used the Spenserian stanza?
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Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Pembroke College, Cambridge, England.
The Spenserian stanza, a verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene, fell into general disuse during the 17th and 18th centuries. However, it was revived during the Romantic period of the late 18th and early 19th centuries by several prominent poets who admired and imitated Spenserās style.12
The Romantic poets who notably utilized the Spenserian stanza include:
- Lord Byron: Used the form in his work Childe Haroldās Pilgrimage.12
- John Keats: Employed the stanza in his poem "The Eve of St. Agnes".1
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: Utilized the form in his pastoral elegy Adonais.123