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John Poet Political Cleveland Satirist Formidable Popular Rebel

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Back 1613-58
poet
as a political satirist and poet he was both formidable and popular
the rebel Scot, the King's disguise
and his conceits are often extreme and far-fetch
giving rise to the term clevelandism to denote implausible comparison, or catachresis
sometimes dubbed "the last metaphysical poet, he is not widely read today


John Cleveland (16 June 1613 – 29 April 1658) was an English poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was best known for political satire.

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