Literary Links Flashcards
Literary: who so list to hunt by Thomas Wyatt
Diana was the goddess of hunting and virginity, and she was often depicted with a deer
He was one of the first writers of the English sonnet
Based on Petrarchan poem- it sees the deer with the sign ‘let no one touch me’
Petrarchan sonnets are about unrequited love
Courtly love
Literary: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare
English sonnet form with the turn/Volta in the final couplet
Literary: The Flea by John Donne
Metaphysical poem- using unexpected metaphors to compare unlikely things (like the flea as a symbol of marriage)
Often in his poetry- the woman is a real physical presence
Flea was common in the 16th century- speaker envied the fleas freedom of the mistress’ body
Literary: To his coy mistress by Andrew Marvell
Carpet diem poetry- these types of poems are preoccupied with the passage of time and the unpredictability of death
Literary: The Scrutiny by Richard Lovelace
Cavalier poet
Their poetry was written for entertainment and were focused around the idea of Carpe diem
They focus on the pleasure of the moment
Literary: A Song (absent from thee) by John wilmot- earl of Rochester
His poems focussed on sexual matters rather then traditional concerns
His work was thought to be pornographic as the victorian era had strict morals
Successful work now- comments on the society he lived in
Unconventional how the speaker seeks pain of absence from the lover
Literary: garden of love by William Blake
Romanticism- ideas about freedom and imagination
In the section ‘songs of innocence and experience’ he explores virtues of innocence
Pastoral literature- he shows agriculture life positively and free of any corruption
Literary: ae fond kiss by Robert burns
Sentimentalism was an important trend
Sentimentalism presented a new view of human nature- feeling over thinking, passion over reason and personal instincts over social duties
This shows that over shown feeling was not a weekends but showed one to be more human
Literary: she walks in beauty by Lord Byron
Traditional ideas about beauty are subverted
Literary: la belle dame sans merci by John Keats
Ballads were a medieval genre and this was revived by the romantics
They are narrative poems. Keats alters the form to shorten fourth line= abrupt and ominous ending
Medieval setting- becomes a parody of courtly romantic conventions
Gothic imagery
Femme fatale figure- lure men into trouble
Literary: Remember by Christina Rossetti
Part of the pre-raphaelite brotherhood
Strong religious themes in her poetry
She was a devoted high church Anglican
Literary: The Ruined Maid by Thomas hardy
Satire of the idea of a ‘fallen woman’
Questions the Victorian value system
Stark reality of Dorset farm workers- this was romanticised in literature
Literary: At an Inn by Thomas hardy
In ‘Jude the obscure’ hardy exploited the society as the two main characters had a sexual relationship outside of marriage which was considered shocking
Many of his poems deal with disappointment and the ‘perversity of fate’
Literary: Non Sum Qualis by Ernest Dowson
Decadent movement- they elaborated and stylised language to discuss unsavoury topics such as death, depression and deviant sexualities.
