Who was Lord Ronsard?

Who was Lord Ronsard?

Ronsard was a younger son of a noble family of the county of Vendôme. He entered the service of the royal family as a page in 1536 and accompanied Princess Madeleine to Edinburgh after her marriage to James V of Scotland.

What is Ronsard’s reputation?

The critical work of Sainte-Beuve in his Tableau de la littérature française au 16ème siècle, and later of other authors, has established Ronsard’s reputation. Ronsard was the acknowledged chief of the Pléiade and its most voluminous poet.

What does Ronsard mean by neo-Platonic metaphysics?

Ronsard refers to Neo-Platonic metaphysics in criticising Plato’s ‘Idealism’. Compare John Donne’s poem ‘ The Ecstasie ’. Donne like Marvell seems to have been influenced by Ronsard and his peers. When night to the troubled soul seems years through: Sweetly deceiving me with a specious view.

What did Ronsard do for poetry?

Ronsard perfected the 12-syllable, or alexandrine, line of French verse, hitherto despised as too long and pedestrian, and established it as the classic medium for scathing satire, elegiac tenderness, and tragic passion. During his lifetime he was recognized in France as the prince of poets and a figure of national significance.

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