Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?

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pious devotion to religious virtues. Cavalier poetry commonly celebrates courtly pleasures, loyalty to the king, and carpe diem enjoyment. Pious devotion to religious virtues was not its characteristic emphasis, although individual Cavalier poets sometimes wrote religious verse.

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courtly ideals of the good life

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carpe diem

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loyalty to the king

Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?

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