1. Elegy: The term is used to refer to the subject matter of change and loss frequently expressed in the elegiac verse form (usu hexameter and pentameter), esp in complaints about love.
2. Metaphysical Poets：were a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century, including John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell, who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them. Their works were characterized by inventiveness of metaphor (these involved comparisons being known as metaphysical conceits, that is, far-fetched or unusual similes or metaphors), wit, imaginative picturing, compressions, often cryptic expression and play of paradoxes. Generally, their poetry is characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form.
3. Cavalier Poets: a group of supporters of Charles Ⅰin the Bourgeois Revolution consists of John Suckling, Thomas Carew and Robert Herrick. These poets were not a formal group, but all were influenced by Ben Jonson and like him paid little attention to the sonnet; their lyrics are distinguished by short lines, precise but idiomatic diction, and an urbane and graceful wit. List the representatives of this period and their literary works:
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