Algernon Charles Swinburne
English Victorian poet whose Poems and Ballads shocked Victorian society with its pagan eroticism and masochistic themes. His technical virtuosity in meter and rhyme was unmatched by any contemporary.
Works
- Poems and BalladsCollection of sensual and defiant poems celebrating desire
- Atlanta in CalydonDrama inspired by Greek myth depicting a daughter's rebellion
- Tristram of LyonesseNarrative poem of tragic lovers separated by family enmity
- Songs Before SunrisePolitical poems celebrating liberty and human freedom