Said by Michael Schmidt to be the first to write in modern English, he catalogued over seventy species of English birds in a lament for one loved by a schoolgirl in "Phillip Sparrowe."
Though one himself, his contempt for courtiers is evident in his allegorical criticism of the Star Chamber, "The Bowge of Court." Said by Michael Schmidt to be the first to write in modern English, he catalogued over seventy species of English birds in a lament for one loved by a schoolgirl in "Phillip Sparrowe." Named Poet Laureate of Oxford in 1488, he attacked Cardinal Wolsey in "Speke Parrot" and "Colyn Cloute." A tutor to the young Henry VIII, FTP name this early English poet known for a namesake verse form of short, heavily rhymed, lines of accented words bordering on doggerel.
Though one himself, his contempt for courtiers is evident in his allegorical criticism of the Star Chamber, "The Bowge of Court."
John {Skelton}