Which poet did NOT write during the 16th century ?
Correct answer: D. Thomas Carew
- A. John Skelton
- B. William Shakespeare
- C. Sir Thomas Wyatt
- D. Thomas Carew
Explanation
Thomas Carew was a seventeenth-century Cavalier poet, so he did not write during the sixteenth century. Skelton, Shakespeare and Wyatt all produced work in the sixteenth century or straddled its opening years.
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