The nymph’s reply to the shepherd
The life of Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 – 1618) shows that you can combine exploration with writing (poetry). Raleigh was the one who was in charge of the colonisation of...
“Sonnet 30” written by Edmund Spenser (1552 – 1599) is often titled “Fire and Ice” or “My love is like to ice.” What were the thoughts of Spenser behind this poem?