JACOBEAN PERIOD[1603-1625]. James ascended the throne in 1603. Court standards were lowered. Development of English prose. Decline of the drama after the death of Shakespeare Important events from Jacobean to restoration period. Caroline age. Metaphysical age. Puritan revolution. Puritan age. Period of commonwealth. Important authors and work (The cavalier poets). Robert Herrick:- Hesperides , noble numbers, Edmund Waller:-go lovely Ros, Richard Lovelace:- Lucasta , To Alter from Prison (Metaphysical poets) John Donne:- Andrew Marvell:-the Rehearsal Transposed Henry Vaughan:- Silex Saintillans Abraham Cowley:- The Mistress.