Sir Philip Sidney
Poet
English · 16th century
Elizabethan courtier, soldier and poet, author of the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella and The Defence of Poesy.
Connection to Taylor Swift
An Elizabethan poet whose sonnet sequence Uncle Jerry holds up as an early example of poems working together as a story, the model he reads folklore against.
Notable Works
- Astrophel and Stella; The Defence of Poesy; Arcadia