https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5 en-us 2017-01-05 18:36:29 UTC 2023-05-16 16:26:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/12372083/a8fae1215111edbcfb8fabdb4ea500e0/220px_Robert_Herrick_Hesperides.jpg katiepowers36 https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5/wish/145624666 - Was born into a family from of goldsmiths. His father was a goldsmith as well as his uncle.
- He was one of seven children 
- He was born and raised in London
- When Herrick was only 14 months old, his father committed suicide by "falling" out of a window. It is still a mystery whether or not this truly was a suicide. Fathers and fatherly figures are a common motif throughout his poems.
- At age 16, he became an apprentice to his uncle who was also a goldsmith. He hated this line of work and quit after only six years.
- He then attended St Johns College, Cambridge and then moved to Trinity Hall where he graduated in 1617. 

]]> 2017-01-06 03:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5/wish/145624666 https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5/wish/145625144 -He is recognized as one of the most accomplished nondramatic poets of his age and was often over looked as a minor poet.
-He turned to poetry as a result of being miserable and lonely
-Herrick was first publicly recognized by being mentioned in Richard James's The Muses Dirge. Despite his tribute he did not become widely known. 
-Herrick often wrote flattering poems to the royal family.
-His poems were inspired by things that happened to him during his life. For Example, "His returne to London" He emphasizes the misery of the time he spend in the west in comparison to the joys of London.
-He wrote about his feeling in topics like love and women, government, social class, and religion.
-Herrick was a cavalier poet which is defined as a writers affiliated with king charles I's court. This included characteristics like carpe diem, a conversational style, poems were either serious or sarcastic, included popular themes like love and loyalty, and the poems were intended to entertain the audience not to instruct them,]]> 2017-01-06 03:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5/wish/145625144 aduyvz1414 https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5/wish/146231918 In 1647, he was forced to leave behind his position as Vicar of Dean Prior because of his Royalist Sympathies. 

For the next 15 years, he lived in London, and made his living off of the charity of his friends and family.
However, he was restored to his former position as Vicar after Charles II ascended to the throne in 1660.
He remained in this position until his death, which was sometime in October of 1674, at age 83.

His exact death date is unknown, but His burial took place on October 15th of 1674.


]]> 2017-01-10 13:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5/wish/146231918 https://padlet.com/aduyvz1414/ndl5dc3kn7j5/wish/146322622 He was ordained in 1623. 

Following his ordainment he lived in London and associated himself with many intellectuals and members of the court. 

In 1627, he traveled as a Chaplan to the Duke of Buckingham on a military expedition against protestants in France. 
 
He received the position of Vicar of Dean Prior in Devonshire following his travels. 

Herrick would remain Vicar until he was stripped of his position in 1646 when he refused to disavow his royalist sympathies during the English Civil Wars . 

Following the restoration of King Charles II, Herrick was reinstated as Vicar in 1660 and would remain in that position until his death

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