He experimented with the epic form in a poem about a man who falls in love with the King of Gascony's sister, Clorice, and is the brother of Orlando, Rinaldo.
This poet wrote a long poem about the founding of a religious order entitled "Mount Olivet", and he also wrote a blank verse religious poem entitled "The Seventh Day Day of the Creation of the World." He experimented with the epic form in a poem about a man who falls in love with the King of Gascony's sister, Clorice, and is the brother of Orlando, Rinaldo. This playwright took four years to complete Il re Torrismondo, although his play about the lover of Silvia, who dedicated herself to Diana, was more popular and was entitled Aminta. In his best known work, Armida transforms some knights into fish, and it recounts the story of Sophronia and Olindo. It begins with Geoffrey of Boulogne is told by the Archangel Michael that he's been elected in charge of the army that is supposed to conquer the title city. For ten points, identify this poet who rewrote an epic into Jerusalem Conquered, although it was originally titled Jerusalem Delivered.
This poet wrote a long poem about the founding of a religious order entitled "Mount Olivet", and he also wrote a blank verse religious poem entitled "The Seventh Day Day of the Creation of the World."
Torquato {Tasso}