Project Gutenberg 2013-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 170 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Love, Harold 1937 2007 Love, H. H. R.‏ (Harold H. R.) Poeta de Tristibus; Or, The Poet's Complaint Produced by Chris Curnow, Richard Tonsing, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Poeta de Tristibus; Or, The Poet's Complaint" by Anonymous is a satirical poem written during the late 17th century, specifically in the era of the Restoration in England. The work critiques the struggles of poets, highlighting themes of poverty, artistic frustration, and the disparity between wit and wealth. The poem employs Hudibrastic meter and mixes humor with poignant observations about the life of a poet, making it an exploration of the literary profession's challenges during this period. The narrative unfolds over four cantos, where the speaker, a poet driven into exile by his financial woes, reflects on the plight of his profession. He complains about the lack of respect and support poets receive compared to other trades, lamenting that while merchants thrive, the poet's struggle to gain recognition often leads to abject poverty. Various characters are introduced within the poem, including brokers, lawyers, and fellow poets, painting a vivid picture of the competitive and often disparaging environment that poets must navigate. In a despairing but humorous tone, the poet also contemplates renouncing his craft altogether, revealing a deep-seated disillusionment with both the art of poetry and the society that undervalues its contributions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43673/43673-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Complaint poetry, English PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Humour Category: British Literature 130745 2025-09-17T14:04:06.021946 text/html 109484 2024-10-23T18:29:14 text/html 131396 2025-09-17T14:04:09.639446 application/epub+zip 131087 2025-09-17T14:04:06.644446 application/epub+zip 112922 2025-09-17T14:04:06.298962 application/epub+zip 206723 2025-09-17T14:04:11.630412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231679 2025-09-17T14:04:09.266451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209102 2022-09-19T21:23:57.387660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91224 2025-09-17T14:04:05.367955 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 71359 2024-10-23T18:29:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17122 2025-09-17T14:04:11.764427 application/rdf+xml 19293 2025-09-17T14:04:06.380937 image/jpeg 3543 2025-09-17T14:04:06.340936 image/jpeg 122186 2025-09-17T14:04:06.035950 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia