The first use of this taxonomy can be attributed to William Drummond who noted that their ideas reduced to mere "quiddities." The key document in their revival was Grierson's 1921 study, a publication that prompted a more famous author to laud their fused artistic vision in a namesake essay. Thus figures like Edward Benlowes, Francis Quarles, and John Cleveland, are superior to John Milton because the latter displays a "dissociation of sensibility"-or so claimed T.S. Eliot. In his "Life of Cowley" Johnson uses the term to identify "a race of writers" that display an excessive use of "learning." FTP name this group of 17th century poets whose 
The first use of this taxonomy can be attributed to William Drummond who noted that their ideas reduced to mere "quiddities." The key document in their revival was Grierson's 1921 study, a publication that prompted a more famous author to laud their fused artistic vision in a namesake essay. Thus figures like Edward Benlowes, Francis Quarles, and John Cleveland, are superior to John Milton because the latter displays a "dissociation of sensibility"-or so claimed T.S. Eliot. In his "Life of Cowley" Johnson uses the term to identify "a race of writers" that display an excessive use of "learning." FTP name this group of 17th century poets whose work is characterized by the use of conceits and whose notable members included George Herbert, and John Donne.
The first use of this taxonomy can be attributed to William Drummond who noted that their ideas reduced to mere "quiddities.
Metaphysical Poets or School or Folk who wrote verses or Dudes who like weird allusions