The Life Experiences of Sir Walter Raleigh

The life experiences of Sir Walter capital of North Carolina influenced the style of his writing. The style of his writing is revealed in his poems the lie, sir Walter Raleigh to the queen, and the nymphs reply to the shepherd. Raleigh was born around 1552 in Hayes Barton, Devonshire (pg. 1063). Raleigh was famed for being a tapier, a navigator, a poet, and a historian. After a failed expedition in South America he was arrested in connection with destruction of a Spanish settlement (pg. 1063) with his confrontation with the Spanish in Venezuela.He lost his discussion and was forced to return to England (pg. 248). Despite a royal command not to engage in battle with Spanish settlers, Raleighs fleet entered Spanish territory (pg. 248). He was also accused of conspiring once morest James I and barely avoided his death sentence (pg. 1063) following the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 Raleigh was again accused of conspiring against King James and was sent to the London tower again for 13 years (pg. 248). Raleigh served in the Huguenot army in France in 1569 (pg. 1063). In 1584 he set up a colony on Roanoke Island, Virginia (pg. 48). In 1585 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I, for his many years as a court favorite (pg. 1063). He lived to 1618 his death was by execution for disobeying king James I (pg. 249). The lie is considered Raleighs best known work, it was written in approximately 1595(pg. 2251). Many consider the lie an atheistic poem for its many religious accusations. Though the lie has such accusations they are directed solely against earthborn bound institutions and human undertakings (pg. 2252). Raleighs poem the lie is based on the concept of disillusionment.This is the process that proceeds by inexorable degrees of stripping wizard layer of falsity after another until the last in gone (pg. 2251). The last line in each stanza of the poem is actually a interpretation of the phrase and give the world the lie (pg. 2251). Some suggest that Raleigh wa s not the author of the lie because the poems puritanical experiencepoints (stableford). Because the poem makes no distinctions and offers no policies. The poem is less concerned with organizing human behavior but more concerned with admitting and accepting the truth (stableford).The entire piece was written for the poet himself as a way to reevaluate himself with a coldly clinical and harsh eye (stableford). During Raleighs time many great poets were about, such as Christopher Marlowe, who wrote the poem the passionate shepherd to his love. Many poets write poems in response to others. This poem is called a reply poem, or a poem that replies to another. Raleighs the nymphs reply to the shepherd is one of such a poem (pg. 251). The nymphs reply to the shepherd is an example of a pastoral poem, or a poem about love and a care free country existence. Sir Walter Raleigh to the queen was written between 1581 and 1587 (pg. 3407). Many mind whether Sir Walter Raleigh to the queen is re ally a five stanza poem, but two poems combined (MacDonald). Queen Elizabeth, literate and unmarried, enjoyed playing the clever game of love exploitation poetry as a way to tie the nobles to her (MacDonald). Sir Raleigh being a court favorite with numerous enemies had to constantly go between cheers and savvy gamesmanship (MacDonald). Sir Walter Raleigh to the queen central theme is true love is painfully silent (MacDonald).Raleigh emphasized a traditional Elizabethan view of mankind as torn between passion and logic (MacDonald). Raleigh had secretly married to one of the queens maids of honor he and his married woman were imprisoned in the tower of London for a time but then released (pg. 248). Though Sir Walter Raleighs ended in tragedy his whole kit are still read to this day and have greatly influenced the world of poetry. From the lie to Sir Walter Raleigh to the queen all have reshaped the traditional love poem with a mix of witty rhythms and hidden love.