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[[Image:Hw-shakespeare.jpg|thumb|Shakespeare's career straddled the change of Tudor and Stuart dynasties and encompassed English history and the emerging imperial idea of the 17th century]]

 

 

In the later 16th century English poetry was characterised by elaboration of language and extensive allusion to classical myths. The most important poets of this era include [[Edmund Spenser]] and [[Sir Philip Sidney]].