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
Catholic in a predominantly Protistant society
John Donne
Converted from Catholicism to Anglicanism
John Donne
Imprisoned for marrying a 17 yr old without parental consent
John Donne
Most celebrated preacher in the city of famous preacher who preached the funeral service of James 1
John Donne
Conciet
a striking and often sustained figurative comparison
The Anniversary
Celebrating the one year anniversary of meeting his love
Thesis: “our love hath no decay”
exalts the virtue of constancy
Epigram
a short, compact poem making a wise or humorous observation and ending with a witty twist
Holy Sonnet 7
allusion to Revelation 7
read as a prayer for all worshipers to take confession of their sin seriously
A Hymn to God the Father
author has repentant attitude
pun on the words Donne/done
something about cambridge
Herbert
a time of change
the 17th century
believed he should be head of the governemnt and the church
James 1
with this bill, no Roman Catholics could rule and the crown could not do away with the laws
Declaration of rights
agreed to the declaration of rights that would limit their power
William and Mary
with the increase of the middle class came
a larger membership in the house of commons
to Puritans, the Anglican church retained
many Catholic traits
by 1650 there were
standard spellings of most words
First English dictonary
King James I
