donne context Flashcards
what is the age of discovery
European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the world
what is a microcosm
thought of as a miniature universe or a world in itself.
donne was obsessed with the idea especially depicting the human body as a mini universe
what are the 7 sleepers (good morrow)
7 sleepers are a catholic thing
children were persecuted for their faith so 7 children slept for 200 years to survuve
what is hyperbole a sign of in donnes love poetry
emukates petrarchan sonnet
who was his wife
anne moore
what is note worthy about anne moores dad
disaproved of their marriage
what is cannonization said to be about
his marriage to annew
what is sweetest love i do not go written for
for anne when he was leaving to travel
what was significant about travel at this time
incredibly dangerous
what is a dramatic monologue
deep feelings in direct form
what is a common elizabtheian belief about angels
they goverened a sphere - sphere imagery could be him calling his lover an angel
what is alchemy
trying to turn metal into gold - or an elixer to grant eternal life
serious scientific endeavor at this time
what is ptolemaic astronomy
the earth is centre of the unoverse and everything revolves around it
what is a polysndetic list
a list with a conjuction between each word
what is “mark” from the flea an example of
register of litigation - shows his background in law
“sucked” pun
s would be a long letter making ths s look like an f
what did elizabetheans believe about sex
the mingling of blood
what was significant about the flea conciet
desirable conciet to elizabthean poets - they were everywhere at the time a ubiquitous part of life
whats an easy context point
give backstory to religious imagery e.g. original sin, the cross etc
what is the role of the vestal virgins
keep the flame of rome alight with thier virginity
what is violets associated with
fidelity
what was believed about sweat
had preservative qualities to prevent bodies from decaying
what is ecstacy
a state of religous rapture following the soulds departure from the body allowing contemplation of the divine
what did elizabetheans believe about sight
sight was achieved by beams of light sent from eye to object
what would concoction denote (the ecstasy)
a substance that has been purified by heat - the observer in the poem is purified by the heat of their love
what was common imagery to represent sex
battle imagery
what is interesting about donnes education
went to oxford at 12 years old but never recieved a degree because he was catholic
what was happening with science at the time
a shift towards scientific endeavour and a human search for knowledge
what could be said about donnes change of denomination
he never really recovered in spiritual terms from his betrayal of what he must unconsciously have considered the “true religion”
what is his explicit love poetry inspired by
his casual sex life with multiple women
how did ovid inspire donne
ovids collection of poems called ‘amores’ influenced donnes poems - roman immorality and sexual freedom translated to elizabethan london
what is significant about use of death in donnes poetry
all his songs and sonnets have some reference to death - the elizabethan era was obsessed with death
what did donne do alot in 1596
went on several unsuccessful harrowing military expeditions
what kind of poem was ‘elegy to his mistress going to bed’
a funny satirecal poem to impress his friends - a joke
what is a common metaphysical theme
geography
what did donne himself say about his desire to learn
had “an immoderate desire of human learning”
what does the quote ‘gems which you women use are like atlantas balls’ from elegy to his mistress going to bed link to
ovids teaching of the foolishness of those attracted by bling
what is the idea of penance
washing sins away
what promise did god make after the flood
he will never flood the earth again but next time purge the world through fire
what is a typical blend of themes for metaphysical poets
religion and discovery
what does psalm 69 talk about
“My devotion to your Temple burns in me like a fire; the insults which are hurled at you fall on me. … Zeal for your house consumes me”
suffering for faith
what is a very catholic idea of body and soul
that they are completely separate
what did elizabethians obsess over
death
what was average life expectancy of an elizabthean
39.7
what is christian ideas about death
you can kill someones body but their spirit lives on and cant be killed
why were catholics being purged
spain was englands enemy and catholics were suspected of being in league with spain - would have guilt
what was recently made allowed through protestantism
divorce
how did anne mooore die
childbirth
what is calvinism (christian belief)
redemption predetermined
what is a common belief about sin and birth
people are born sinfull
what is the idea of the original sin
a sin that isnt ours that we carry (adam and eve in the garden)
what is a common metaphyisical question
does god exist
what do the three fates do
spin the thread of your life and cut it when its done
when was donne ordained
1615
when did he become dean and of where
st paul 1621
when did anne die
1617
what did donne express regret over
the adventures of his youth and how they were so openly chronicled
what did elizabetheans believe about guardian angles
everyone has a guardian angel that has no body and no sex
what is the law of god in 1 corinthians 7
good for man not to touch a woman
who was mary magdaline
a prostitute cleaned jesus’ feet with her hair - first to see him after the resurrection
what needed to happen for a relic to be confirmed a relic
a miracle confirmed by holy figure
what is a relic
a body part or belonging of a saint
what did the nine articles of church of england reject
relic worship
where did jesus go when finding out about his death
garden of gethsemane - connotations of self doubt and criticism
what is a common pair of themes of petrarchan poetry
urequited love contrasted with the beauty of nature
what is true paradise often a synonym for
garden of eden
what did elizabetheans believe about spiders
everything they ate turned to poison
what is manna
bread like food that was given to isrealites
who lived in twicknam garden
lucy, countess of bedford
who was lucy countess of bedford
donnes patroness (she was married)
what is transubstantiation
catholic belief that the bread and wine in eucharist literally turns to the body and blood of christ
where did donne get his info on angels from
thomas aquinas
what did thomas aquianas teach about angels
creatures composed of pure spirit - had to form bodies out of air to interact with the world
what idea on love does he get from plato
idea of their love existing even before they met
what did elizabetheans believe about brain threads
the brain sent threads through the body to control it (like nervous system)
what did donnes theological education mean
he knew more about judaism, islam and atheism than most
what did donne say about his own religion
he said he is christian and dares not call his religion by some newer name
what did the protestant church believe at the time about predestination
everyone was predestined to heaven or hell regardless of their actions (vs catholicism where sacraments and repentance can lead to salvation)
when did the first person circumnavigate the globe
1580
how did st lucy die
she was killed as a part of the dicleatianic persecution of christians
what is st lucy associated with
vision, light (there was a myth that she had her eyes gouged out as torture to make her confess her christianity)
what poem was believed to be written in 1617
a nocturnal upon st lucys day
(around the time donnes patroness lucy became seriously ill, the year donnes daughter lucy died, near when anne more died)
