Jacobean test Flashcards
When was the Jacobean Era
1603-1625
conceit
elaborate extended metaphors used by metaphysical poets
carpe diem
“sieze the day”
used in many poetry of Cavaliers
Apostrophe
addressing or calling to a person or thing not there
“oh wall!”
Allusion
references famous person, place, or event either directly of indirectly
paradox
a statement that may see illogical but can make sense
King James
-successor of cousin Elizabeth
- used many translators to make official English bible which made English and bible more accessible
Puritans
strict protestants who wanted to purify anglican church of England
Metaphysical poets
- concerned with our being and existing in world
- reaction against very stylized forms
- made to challenge ppls intelligence
Charles I
King who faced religious protest so tried to rule w/out parliament
Caveliers
fought for monarch on Charles side
-their poetry had carpe diem and less serious, conversational topics
-Suckling and Lovelace
Oliver Cromwell
led the protectorate with parliament against charles w roundhead
- they won and ruled after Charled beheaded
John Milton person
-puritan literary great
- jailed for supporting parliament side, once released wrote paradise lost
Paradise Lost
-biblical epic: long narrative poem retelling biblical narrative
-In Medias Ras: technique of starting in middle of story and using flashbacks to tell it (Forrest Gump)
-Invocation:call to a muse or god at beginning of epic
John Donne
Metaphysical religious poet
- Jailed for eloping w 17 yo; ended poor life as minister
“Song” and “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”
Song
John Donne
- speaker has to leave his lover but should not be sad because he will return
- comparison of sun: ppl dont miss sun when it sets
- oxymoron: contradictory phrase: unkindly kind tears
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
John Donne
-speaker has to leave but lover should not be upset bc their love is so strong that will stay connected
-conceit of compass: wait and reunite
Ben Jonson
-wrote very famous plays but lost success after killing someone
-“Song: to Celia” and “On My First Son”
Song: to Celia
- Ben Jonson
- about unrequited love, poet asking to be even just acknowledged(ur kiss better than wine, roses happy to see u)
On my First Son
Ben Jonson
elegy for son who died at 7 ab how hard it will be to recover from his grief and how he wishes for his sons peace
Robert Herrick
Cavalier poet who has been mentored by Ben Jonson
- anglican priest whose work didnt succeed till he died
“To the Virgins, to make much of time”
To the Virgins, to make much of time
Robert Herrick
carpe diem poem telling woman to get married and enjoy her youth/prime while she can bc life is short
John Suckling
cavalier poet who was member of charles’ court
-gambler who tried to rescue royalist
-fled to paris and died
-natural and easy poetry
“Why so Pale and Wan”
Why so Pale and Wan
John Suckling
asking why a guy is getting so nervous about a girl because she is not going to love him back so he should just forget about her and move on
