The Hind and the Panther (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Dryden
- First Published: 1687
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Nature, Religion, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Catholics or Catholic Church, Animals, Animals, dangerous
The Poem
The Hind and the Panther is a long poem in three parts totaling 2,592 lines. In this poem, John Dryden employs his favorite verse form, the heroic couplet. Taken as a whole, The Hind and the Panther is an allegorical and argumentative treatment of the religious conflicts that took place in England during the reign of King James II. More specifically, the poem is a defense of the Catholic faith and of Dryden’s conversion to Catholicism in 1685. The hind of the poem’s title is an allegorical deer representing the Catholic church, while the panther...
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