Algernon Swinburne

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1837 - 1909

Occupation

Poet

Description

Created the roundel poetic form. His book 'Poems and Ballads' caused a sensation when it was first published, especially the poems written in homage of Sappho of Lesbos. Often considered decadent in behavior, though this tempered in age due to illness.