Pierre de Ronsard
French Renaissance poet who was the leader of the Pleiade group and is considered the Prince of Poets in France. Les Amours de Cassandre and the Sonnets pour Helene are his finest works.
Works
- Les AmoursLove sonnets celebrating beauty and romance in the Petrarchan tradition
- OdesLyric poems praising beauty and glory of great individuals and natural phenomena
- HymnesReligious and philosophical verses celebrating divine creation and human experience
- La FranciadeEpic poem celebrating French history and national identity in classical form
- Sonnets pour HeleneLove sonnets addressed to Helen celebrating beauty and eternal desire