Lit Sem 2 test 1 Flashcards
Lost his son, first wife, and his eye sight in 1652
John Milton
Sonnet 7
A private reflection;
Problem: slow maturity
Resolution: trust in God
Sonnet 18
public declaration denouncing persecution of the Protestants
Sonnet 19
Private reflections about his loss of sight and opportunity to use his talent. Patience speaks and reminds him that he can still serve God
Paradise Lost
Exhibits the standard epic feature
Subject matter is unconventional
Theme: justify the ways of God to man
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Contemporary of John Donne and William Shakespear
Ben Jonson
Converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism
Ben Jonson
Frequently embroiled in controversy
Ben Jonson
Killed a fellow actor in a duel
Ben Jonson
Imprisoned twice for acting in plays offensive to the government
Ben Jonson
In 1616 Ben Jonson became the first English author to…
Publish his own works
Ruled despotically “Literary London”
Ben Jonson
Jonson’s group of poets were know as…
the “Caviler Poets” or “Tribe of Ben”
Goal of Jonson’s poetry
Naturalism
Something Ben Jonson recognized about art
that laborious art is not art of the highest order
Song to Celia
“Celia”–Jonson’s imaginary love that he writes to
Compliments her and sends a wreath to her that she breaths on and sends back
Still to be neat
Appearance vs. reality (Renaissance theme)
prefers a lady to be less artificial
On my first son
Addressed to his son that died of the plague at age of 7.
vows to not become too fond of something he could lose
Writer of the finest devotional poetry in history
George Herbert
From an Aristocratic family
George Herbert
Influenced by his mother to have a career in the church
George Herbert
died of Tuberculosis in 1633
George Herbert
Allegory:
an extended metaphor, a story on two or more levels
John Donne’s poetry is evidence of…
a deep spiritual change
