Great Regulars: The speaker in Richard Lovelace's

"To Althea, from Prison" dramatizes the nature of inner freedom. As the title suggests, the setting from which the speaker muses and composes his drama is a prison cell, where he is being held as a political prisoner.

In 1642, the poet, Richard Lovelace, one of the Cavalier Poets, was imprisoned at London's Gate House. During his seven weeks of incarceration, he wrote the poem, "To Althea, from Prison".

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Richard Lovelace's To Althea from Prison

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