Interregnum (1649-1660) Flashcards
Interregnum
1649 - 1660 Lord Cromwell takes over after execution of Charles I Samuel Butler Andrew Marvell Robert Herrick Anne Bradstreet
Samuel Butler
Interregnum
Not to be confused with Samuel Butler (1835-1902), writer of Way of All Flesh and Erewhon.
Hudibras
Samuel Butler
Interregnum
Similar to Don Quixote, tells story of knight, Hudibras, and servant Ralpho. They go out to stop sin. Satirizes Puritans in England and the conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles II. Written in “Hudibrastic” poetry—rhymed couplets of lines eight syllables long:
“We grant, although he had much wit/ He was very shy of using it/ As being loath to wear it out/ And therefore brought it not about”
Andrew Marvell
Interregnum
Tutored Oliver Cromwell’s nephew, befriended John Milton and actually became his assistant for some time, when Milton was blind.
“To His Coy Mistress”
Andrew Marvell
Interregnum
Almost every line is famous. “But at my back I always hear/ Time’s winged chariot hurrying near;/ And yonder all before us lie/ Deserts of vast eternity.”
“Upon Appleton House”
Andrew Marvell
Interregnum
supposedly his “most profound” poem
“The Definition of Love”
Andrew Marvell
Interregnum
“The Mower Against Gardens”
Andrew Marvell
Interregnum
And in the cherry he does nature vex, 30 To procreate without a sex. 31 ‘Tis all enforc’d, the fountain and the grot, 32 While the sweet fields do lie forgot; 33 Where willing nature does to all dispense 34 A wild and fragrant innocence; 35 And fauns and fairies do the meadows till, 36 More by their presence than their skill. 37 Their statues polish’d by some ancient hand, 38 May to adorn the gardens stand; 39 But howso’ere the figures do excel, 40 The gods themselves with us do dwell.
Robert Herrick
Interregnum
He was the oldest of the “Sons of Ben [Jonson],” a group of “Cavalier Poets” including others like John Suckling, Thomas Carew (writer of “on the death of the dean of st. Paul’s cathedral.” Known for the “Julie Poems,” poems about a supposedly invented mistress—the Julia poems were a first, inspiring others to write to imaginary mistresses, like Wordsworth to Lucy.
“Upon Julia’s Breasts”
Robert Herrick
Interregnum
“Upon Julia’s Clothes”
Robert Herrick
Interregnum
“The Night Peace, to Julia”
Robert Herrick
Interregnum
“Corina’s Gone a-Maying”
Robert Herrick
Interregnum
I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers,
Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.
I sing of Maypoles, hock carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.
I write of youth, of love, and have access
By these to sing of cleanly wantonness.
I sing of dews, of rains, and, piece by piece,
Of balm, of oil, of spice, and ambergris.
I sing of times trans-shifting, and I write
How roses first came red and lilies white.
I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing
The court of Mab and of the fairy king.
I write of hell; I sing (and ever shall)
Of heaven, and hope to have it after all.
Anne Bradstreet
Known as the first American poet. A Puritan in New England. Wrote a lot while her husband was off on political trips
During Interregnum era in England
“The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, By a Gentlewoman of Those Parts”
Anne Bradstreet Early American (Interregnum era)
first book of poems written in English in America. Doesn’t contain her best work.
