Project Gutenberg 2013-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 388 Spenser, Edmund 1551 1599 Spencer, Edmund Immerito Spenser, Edmond Crane, Walter 1845 1915 The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Monethes Produced by Chris Curnow, Nicole Henn-Kneif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve" by Edmund Spenser is a poetic work written in the late 16th century, specifically during the English Renaissance. This collection features twelve pastoral poems, or "æglogues," each representing one month of the year, and aims to explore themes of love, nature, and the rustic life. Central characters include shepherds like Colin Clout and rustic figures who express their joys and sorrows through lyrical reflection. At the start of the text, the narrative introduces Colin Clout, a shepherd, who laments his unfulfilled love for a country lass named Rosalind. His emotional turmoil is depicted through a vivid comparison of his heartache to the harshness of winter, reflecting a deep sense of despair and unrequited affection. Colin's sorrowful state leads him to break his pipe, symbolizing a loss of joy and artistic expression, aligning his personal plight with the melancholic atmosphere of the cold season. This opening sets the tone for a rich exploration of pastoral life entwined with elements of traditional English poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42607/42607-h/images/cover.jpg en English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 257371 257388 2024-09-18T04:08:23.063066 2023-09-18T12:34:43.873229 text/html text/html 261169 2013-04-27T13:22:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1453379 2013-04-27T13:25:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1528717 2024-09-18T04:08:29.769024 application/epub+zip 1531085 2024-09-18T04:08:24.156046 application/epub+zip 158377 2024-09-18T04:08:23.576057 application/epub+zip 1626917 2024-09-18T04:08:33.234019 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1619622 2024-09-18T04:08:29.215058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260373 2022-09-19T12:55:20.467920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167050 2024-09-18T04:08:21.677063 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166713 2013-04-27T13:22:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 64195 2013-04-27T13:25:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 166651 2013-04-27T13:24:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64159 2013-04-27T13:25:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20389 2024-09-18T04:08:33.380038 application/rdf+xml 35683 2024-09-18T04:08:23.707086 image/jpeg 4286 2024-09-18T04:08:23.641062 image/jpeg 1459910 2024-09-18T04:08:23.167055 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia