A. W. (poet)

The anonymous poet A.W. is responsible for the long poem " Complaint ", printed in A Poetical Rapsody , a volume issued in 1602 by two brothers, Francis and Walter Davison . ^[1] In the Rapsody the poem is ascribed to Francis Davison, but in Davison's own manuscript, to "A. W.". Not only the eight rhyme -endings, but the actual words that compose them, are the same in each of eight stanzas , a virtuoso display.

The mysterious "A.W." has never been identified but the songs of "A.W." found places in many anthologies and song-books of the early seventeenth century.

References [ edit ]

^ Ward, Adolphus William ; Waller, Alfred Rayney ; Trent, William Peterfield ; Erskine, John ; Sherman, Stuart Pratt ; Van Doren, Carl , eds. (1907?21). "VI. The Song-Books and Miscellanies" . A Poetical Rapsody ; Francis Davison; "A.W."; Sir Edward Dyer . Vol. IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. Cambridge, England: University Press. 25. ISBN 1-58734-073-9 – via Bartleby.com . {{ cite book }}: |work= ignored ( help )

Further reading [ edit ]

Rollins, Hyder E. “A. W. And ‘A Poetical Rhapsody.’” Studies in Philology , vol. 29, no. 2, 1932, pp. 239?251. JSTOR . Accessed 20 Mar. 2021
McCarthy, Penny, Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle , 2016, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781351907965 , 1351907964 , extended discussion here

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[Cambridge-1] Ward, Adolphus William ; Waller, Alfred Rayney ; Trent, William Peterfield ; Erskine, John ; Sherman, Stuart Pratt ; Van Doren, Carl , eds. (1907?21). "VI. The Song-Books and Miscellanies" . A Poetical Rapsody ; Francis Davison; "A.W."; Sir Edward Dyer . Vol. IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. Cambridge, England: University Press. 25. ISBN 1-58734-073-9 – via Bartleby.com . {{ cite book }}: |work= ignored ( help )

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