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English poet John Dryden wrote poetry, prose, drama, and satire that influenced fellow writers in the latter part of the 17th century and well into the next. Dryden’s achievements included refining the heroic couplet poetic form and establishing a clear, precise prose standard. Dryden wrote Mac Flecknoe (1682) to satirize Thomas Shadwell, a rival poet who sought to equal Dryden’s preeminent stature (excerpt recited by an actor).
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