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1
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When was the Jacobean Era

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1603-1625

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conceit

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elaborate extended metaphors used by metaphysical poets

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carpe diem

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“sieze the day”
used in many poetry of Cavaliers

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Apostrophe

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addressing or calling to a person or thing not there
“oh wall!”

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Allusion

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references famous person, place, or event either directly of indirectly

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paradox

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a statement that may see illogical but can make sense

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King James

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-successor of cousin Elizabeth
- used many translators to make official English bible which made English and bible more accessible

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Puritans

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strict protestants who wanted to purify anglican church of England

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Metaphysical poets

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  • concerned with our being and existing in world
  • reaction against very stylized forms
  • made to challenge ppls intelligence
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Charles I

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King who faced religious protest so tried to rule w/out parliament

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Caveliers

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fought for monarch on Charles side
-their poetry had carpe diem and less serious, conversational topics
-Suckling and Lovelace

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Oliver Cromwell

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led the protectorate with parliament against charles w roundhead
- they won and ruled after Charled beheaded

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John Milton person

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-puritan literary great
- jailed for supporting parliament side, once released wrote paradise lost

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Paradise Lost

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-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

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John Donne

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Metaphysical religious poet
- Jailed for eloping w 17 yo; ended poor life as minister
“Song” and “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”

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Song

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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

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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

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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

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Ben Jonson

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-wrote very famous plays but lost success after killing someone
-“Song: to Celia” and “On My First Son”

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Song: to Celia

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  • Ben Jonson
  • about unrequited love, poet asking to be even just acknowledged(ur kiss better than wine, roses happy to see u)
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On my First Son

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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

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Robert Herrick

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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”

22
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To the Virgins, to make much of time

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Robert Herrick
carpe diem poem telling woman to get married and enjoy her youth/prime while she can bc life is short

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John Suckling

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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”

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Why so Pale and Wan

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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

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Richard Lovelace

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-educated and proper cavalier poet
-imprisoned and died young
-witty and charming but poems are more serious
“To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars”

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To Lucasta, on going to the wars

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Richard Lovelace
He explains that he has to prioritize fighting in the war and he could only love her like that if he was as honorable as he is

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Andrew Marvell

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-poet who supported cromwell whose works had more fame after death
-secretary of John Milton, and Marvell elected to Parliament
-Carpe DIem
“To his Coy Mistress”

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To his Coy Mistress

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Andrew Marvell
-man explains to his love that if they had time, they could be flirtatious and shy, but they don’t so she should not keep her virginity while she is young
- Uses hyperbole to show how long he would love her

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