Edmund Spenser is considered a poet's poet due to his innovative verse forms and poetic techniques. He was born in 1552 near the Tower of London and died in 1559 at an inn in Westminster. Spenser was educated at Merchant Tailor's school in London and later Cambridge. His major works include The Faerie Queene, a 24-book epic poem, and The Shepherd's Calendar. He is renowned for inventing the Spenserian stanza for The Faerie Queene, which uses the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC. Spenser's poetry is characterized by a perfect melody, rare sense of beauty, splendid imagination, lofty moral purity and seriousness, and delicate ideal

1. Spencer as a poet’s poet
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M.K University Bhavnagar)
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2. Spencer as a poet’s poet

3. His Life
BirthEsstsmithfield,near the
tower of London in 1552
Death1559 in an inn at
Westminster.
EducationMerchant Tailor’s school
in London then
Cambridge.

4. His works
 Major works
 Fairy queen – 24 books
 Shepherd’s calendar
 Minor poems
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The Briar and the oak
Mother Hubbard’s Tale
Astopher
Amoretti or Sonnets
Epithalamion and four Hymns

5. Poetical Form
 He invented new verse form in his “ Fairy queen ”
which has been called ‘ Spenserian stanza’.
 Ottava rima .
 Rhyming scheme - ababbcbcc

6. Characteristics of Spencer’s poetry
 A perfect melody .
 A rare sense of beauty.
 A splendid imagination.
 A lofty moral purity and seriousness.
 A delicate idealism.