Metaphysical Poets. 17C. Witty English intellectual lyric poets. Donne.

Michelangelo. 1475-1564. Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, poet. Obsessed with reproducing the human form. Pieta 1497. David 1501-4. Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1508-12. Moses 1515. Bound Slave. Medici Tomb 1520. Last Judgement 1534-41. St. Peters cupola 1547.

Mickiewicz, Adam. 1798-1855. Polish Romantic poet. Pan Tadeusz 1834.

Millay, Edna St. Vincent. 1892-1950. Cynical US poet. Harp Weaver 1923. Fatal Interview 1931.

Milton, John. 1608-74. English epic poet. Comus 1638. Lycidas 1638. Paradise Lost 1667. Paradise Regained 1671.

Mistral, Frédéric. 1830-1914. French Provençale revival poet. Mirèi 1859. Félibrige 1878.

Modernismo. 1888-. Spanish exotic poetry movement in wake of Symbolists. Darío.

Moore, Thomas. 1779-1852. Irish poet. Irish Melodies 1807-34. Lalla Rockh 1817.

Morris, William. 1834-96. English poet, craftsman opposed to 19C ugliness and social inequality. Founder of Socialist League. Wallpaper, fabrics 1861.

Muses. Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne that preside over the areas of knowledge: Calliope-epics, Clio-history, Erato-love poems, Thalia-comedy, Melpomene- tragedy, Terpsichore-dance, Euterpe-music, Polyhymnia-sacred poems, Urania-astronomy.

Musset, Alfred. 1810-57. French poet. Sand lover. Confession.

Mutanabbi, al-. 915-65. Arab panegyric poet. Divan.

Nash, Ogden. 1902-71. US humorist poet. One Touch of Venus 1943. “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”

Neruda, Pablo. 1904-73. Chilean surrealist poet. A New Decade

Nezahvualcoyotl. 15C Aztec poet, philosopher, architect. King of Texcoco.

Nibelungen. Rich subterranean dwarfs of 12C German epic poem c1200. Basis of Wagner’s Ring.

Novalis. 1772-1801. German Romantic poet.

Oberon. King of the Fairies, from Huon de Bordeaux poem.

Odeon. Athenian place of music and poetry competition. Parisian theater 1728.

Odyssey. 8C BC. Homer’s epic poem of Odysseus.

Oehlenschläger, Adam. 1779-1850. Danish Romantic poet.

Omar Khayyam. c1027-1123. Persian mathematician/ poet: Rubaiyat. Specific gravity of gold 1061.

Orléans, Charles, duc d’. 1394-1465. Fought with Armagnacs vs Burgundians. Captured at Agincourt 1415. Ransomed 1440. Last courtly poet of France.

Orpheus. Mythical Greek poet. Tamed animals with lyre. Music charmed underworld gods in bid to free wife.

Ovid. 43BC-17 AD. Roman poet: Art of Love. Tristia. Metamorphoses.

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