2022-11-102022-11-1019773826880https://hdl.handle.net/10657/12577The style of Fulke Greville's poetry may be approached through a consideration of Greville's ideas about the nature and purpose of poetry as contrasted with the ideas prevalent in his time and place. If practice follows theory, what is distinctive in Greville's poetic should account for what is distinctive in his poetry. Greville preferred a poetry of direct statement, a poetry drawn from experience and shaped to precepts which could again find application in practical use. Many of his contemporaries argued that the poet should create a second nature in pursuit of the Ciceronian purpose-to delight, to teach, and to move. But Greville, influenced by the thought of John Calvin, believed that men could be moved to goodness only by the grace of God. Poetry could only instruct them in the prudent conduct of the existing world. In his early lyrics Greville reveals a tendency toward general philosophical statement. In these poems, he learned to use the six-line stanza in the combination of particular observation and general precept which found its best use in the treatises, direct, aphoristic, philosophical poems.application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital