love poetry anthology context Flashcards
who so list to hount I knowe where is an hynde by sir thomas wyatt
ab Anne Boleyn- exec 1536 accused of indidelity.. rumoured she had rel w/ Wyatt in the 1520s
Published in 1557 posthumously. Lot of his poems were translations and imitation of petrarchan sonnet rhyme scheme
Sonnet 116 by shakespeare
w/in a collection of poems ‘The Fair Youth’… later sonnets said to be highly unfaithful ab E of southampton or E of Pembroke
Rather than being of intense conviction, writer’s far-fetched and unrealistic coping mechanism in arguing that love is the enduring entity described. Marriage was subservient contract and grim reaper was popular.
The Flea by John Donne
Metaphysical and carpe diem poetry… Renaissance time period; people believed that during sex, blood mixed together….
works noticeable for strong + sensual style incl sonnets, love poetry, relig poems etc
To His Coy Mistress by ANdrew Marvell
Metaphysical and carpe diem poetry. 17th cent men= crude. Puritanism= line of catholicism allowing no pleasure. Ref to ‘Indidan Ganges’= secret + purifying river in Hinduism… part of anti-royalist cause
The Scrutiny by Richard Lovelace
cavalier poet, carpe diem poetry. Part of James 1 court. attitudes to sex never addressed even in private journals
Typical for metaphysicals as oft male poets wrote misogynistic poems
A song (absent from thee) By John Wilmot, E of Rochester
Restoration period, Puritanism is coming to an end, mocking fidelity and other attitudes towards love. Satirical approach
Frequently banned from court & prone to violent temper
Only init published to a small audience
The Garden of Love by William Blake
romantic poet, challenged instits such as the church, against the idea we inherit our sins from Adam + Eve.
Radical poet, did not agree w/ industrial rev… or the CoE. Oppressive movements + took away from the real god
Song (Ae fond kiss) by Robert Burns
sentimental poetry, in love w/ a married woman who was leaving to Jamaica to reconcile w/ her husband. Had a non-sexual, non-physical, platonic affair. Social constraints on love= regret?
National poet of Scotland, part of a letter… orig a song
She walks in beauty by Lord Byron
‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’ W/in his day wildly popular, had many bisexual affairs. Unsupported to write the poem aft having seen a beautiful woman named Wilmot (relative) at a funeral in london.
Had an alleged affair w/ half-sister. Hugely influential (Byronic hero)… lasting influence. Fought in greek war for indep… many works ab travel
Remember by Christina Rossetti
part of pre-raphaelite movement, who rejected classical ‘art for arts sake’, spiritual and controversial poetry. Published when she was 31, both her and her father had depression and an illness suspected TB.
The Ruined Maid and At an Inn by Thomas Hardy
Victorian realist. Loved Florence Hennicker (AAI), but both were married. Stands up for womens rights, only to benefit him?
La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats
Couldn’t be w/ love due to financial probs then illness. Lost mother and brother to TB… he also dies from TB at 25. Born in east london then moved to italy
Non sum qualis eram bonae sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson
decadent movemnt. Sexually experimental, linking to pre-raphaelite. Unrequited love for 11 year old girl to whom he proposed to when he was 23. she declined. Cynara- comes from greek word for artichoke, representative of love and hope
