Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne

1837 - 1909

Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, critic, and novelist. His poetic works include: Atalanta in Calydon (1865), Poems and Ballads (1866), Songs before Sunrise (1871), Poems and Ballads Second Series (1878), Tristram of Lyonesse (1882), Poems and Ballads Third Series (1889), and the novel Lesbia Brandon (published posthumously in 1952). Swinburne created the poetic form named the roundel, a variation of the French Rondeau form, and some were included in A Century of Roundels. Swinburne's later poetic works are more focused on philosophy and politics, rather than love as his earlier works. Nevertheless, his rhyming technique continued strong.