Sir John Denham commemorated this poet, referring to him as "Old Chaucer" who, "like the morning star", descends "to the shades," so that "Darkness again the Age invades."
Correct answer: C. Abraham Cowley
- A. William Shakespeare
- B. John Donne
- C. Abraham Cowley
- D. John Dryden
Explanation
Sir John Denham wrote in tribute to Abraham Cowley, presenting him as a major poetic light after Chaucer. The reference to “Old Chaucer” and the morning star therefore points to Cowley, not Shakespeare, Donne, or Dryden.
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