Metaphysical-Cavalier English 3

17th century, 1625-1660bce

cavaliers (support king) vs. roundheads (puritan peeps who back parlament)

head of puritans, arrests Charles 1st, set up Republic of England/ English commonwealth, wanted to unite nation but divided, stubborn, ruled 1653-1658

Scottland (support charles 2nd) and irish (support catholic cavaliers)

1660

english renaissance (flowery poetry, longed to hold onto past)

cavalier, ben jonson, pray for ben jonson/o rare ben jonson

followers of ben jonson–cavalier poets (BUT BEN JONSON WAS NOT CAVALIER—ONLY FOLLOWED HIS STYLE OF WRITING) Robert Herrick, sir jon suckling, richard lovelace

son of ben, best cavalier poet

son of ben, perfect courtier, poetry reflects war, loyalty to king

robert herrick, carpe diem

carpe diem

intellect, conceits, arguments

(not relaly constant) ahah, sin suckling, personifies time

sir suckling is mad at rejected lover

tangled, yet free. drinking and toasting to king (fish), freer than bird (singing,wind), love friendship and love of country, no where you are but if your heart and mind are free, lovelace

dont say you are sad for my to go bc you fell in love w my honor and duty for my country, lovelace

bizarre metaphor

self-contradiction that reveals a truth

speaking to inanimate objects

exageration

a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

a long narrative poem written in elevated style which present the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation

unrhymed iambic pentameter

a reference to another work of literature, person, or event

metaphysical, 2 lives (priest and wild young guy), married anne more, WHY HE IS FATHER OF METAPHYSICAL POETRY

iambic pentameter, 14 lines, abba abba cddc ac, death doesnt scare us, donne

donne, unkindly kind, in prison to preggers wife, spooning, count on me like the sun

gold beat to airy thinness, compass, we are one in spirit, donne

donne, contemplating anothers death and suffering can bring us closer to god, no man is an island, chaprers in life, for whom the bell tolls, all connected, tribulation is treasure

school of donne

marvel, cavalier (in eloquence/theme) but metaphysical (intelligence/form/style), vegegetable love should grow, time’s winged chariot, deserts of vast eternity, graves a fine private place, but none do there embrace, birds of prey, he would admire her for years, but theyneed to get cooking, lets give the sun a run for its $ (meta: ganges, veg.

love, jews)

John miltan–satan realizes that god is almighty and decides to irk him at any chance he has bc it is his only freedom, what though the field be lost all is not lost…unconquerable will never to submit of yield, such resting found the soul of unblest feet, better to reign in hell than serve in heaven, th emind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven.