Lyric WonderJames Biester sees the shift in late Elizabethan England toward a witty, rough, and obscure lyric stylemetaphysical wit and strong linesas a response to the heightened cultural prestige of wonder. That same prestige was demonstrated in the search for strange artifacts and animals to display in the wonder cabinets of the period. By embracing the genres of satire and epigram, poets of the Elizabethan court risked their chances for political advancement,