John Donne Flashcards
The Sun Rising, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, The Funeral, Holy Sonnets 7, 10, 14
when are his poems written?
1633
he broke away from ________. he did so by…
Elizabethan traditions
using metaphysical poems, philosophical not lyrical
dramatic
he was a ________ poet
metaphysical
he used medieval inspiration through
ideologies of men as a mortal with layers
changes to modernity
he uses classical forms to personal poetry, using a ______
poetic metre
society was questioning everything because they had ______ as a ruler
King James I (spent a lot, taxes on import/export)
tenor and vehicle
tenor: subject
vehicle: which it is compared
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning was to ____
his wife Anne
in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, describe the placement of the vehicle and tenors, and some examples
men’s death (vehicle) first
parting (tenor) after
Tear (tenor) flood (vehicle)
in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning they have a _______
mutual sense of unity (mind, body, soul)
what are the qualities of a vehicle?
logical, emotional, associational
in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, what does rhetoric do?
invites beloved to see her role
in The Funeral what object is used and how does it help the narrator?
hair holds outward soul and nervous system together
what does hair symbolize in The Funeral
chain of death
in The Funeral, the narrator is _________
love’s martyr
Donne was an _____ priest
anglican
what are the themes of his holy sonnets?
mortality, divine judgement, divine love
the holy sonnets are in the ______ style
Petrarchan
holy sonnet 7 is about what
desire for spiritual renewal and plea for God’s mercy at reaping
inevitable death, asks God to help overcome sin
holy sonnet 10 what is it about?
metaphor of death and sleep, body soul are separate
death concerns desperate men, kings, chance, and fate
theological
death is not powerful because Christians believe in eternal life
death powerless
holy sonnet 14 is about what?
asks God to redeem him from sin
plea for divine intervention
