"An Horatian Ode" - simplified Flashcards
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Author =
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Andrew Marvell
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Libertinism =
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Preaching sexual equality, but fairly homosocial and focused on patriarchal society
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Context =
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Old relationship with royalists
Trying to negotiate this in AHO
Echoes of other loyalties in poem
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Horatian Odes =
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Derived from a form devised by Roman poet, Horace
Shuns hyperbole and extravagant praise
Most commonly have antiphonal metre
Contrast with other major choices of ode at the time e.g Pindaric ode
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Themes =
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War and violence Pastoral Heroism/power Fire Classics Fate and destiny Cavalier vs Roundhead sympathies
