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Herrick's gone down in history as a love-obsessed dude. Whole poems describe every detail of his lovers' bodies ("On Julia's Breath," anyone?). But he also wrote on a whole lot of other subjects, from government and Christmas to what it means to be a poet. Scroll through his oeuvre with this handy link.
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Different poem, same theme. Watch Robin Williams instill poetic wisdom in young, super well-dressed boyish minds.
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Like your Herrick in a baseball cap? Get past the shaky camerawork and let the Corinnas roll.
Images
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Don't get too excited because we're not sure this fruit-filled etching is the real deal. But at least it's called "Called Robert Herrick."
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Is it the stache? Is it that rakishly curled eyebrow? How about the Roman nose? Who wouldn't want to go a-Maying with him?
Articles and Interviews
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Goldsmith, parson, poet—get down with the details of Herrick's life in this Poetry Foundation biography.
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For insights into how the female body functions in Herrick's poetry, take a stroll through this essay, "The Uncanny Stranger on Display: the Female Body in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Love Poetry." The part on Herrick begins at the line "Chief among the earthly delights of Herrick's Hesperides is the female body."
Books
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Get the complete poems in classic reprint for only $32.50. Act now!