Love Through The Ages Flashcards
Name 4 themes in Thomas Wyatt’s ‘Who so list to hount I knowe where is a hynde’
- Unattainable Love
- Lust
- Time
- Rules and Order
Others: • Ideal Marriage • Wyatt's frustration • Death • Time
Who is the Goddess in Mythology linked to Thomas Wyatt’s ‘Who so list to hount I knowe where is a hynde’
The Goddess Diana of hunting and virginity
Name 5 features of Metaphysical Poetry
- Witty humour
- Evokes shocking response
- Conceits
- Hyperbolic
- Love/Death/Religious Themes
Others:
• Elaborate Style
• Colloquial Idiom
What is syllogism?
I haven’t done this card yet sorry xoxox
Who wrote Sonnet 116
William Shakespeare
Who wrote The Flea
John Donne
What is a cavalier poet ? Give one example
- Express joy and gratification of celebratory things
- Promote the crown (Charles l)
- Generally Carpe Diem
- English poet in 17th Century
Example: Richard Lovelace
Name 3 features of cavalier poetry
- Opposite to metaphysical: more conduct, manners and relations between people
- Direct and colloquial language
- Avoids religion as a subject
What does ‘Carpe Diem’ mean
Seize the day
Who wrote The Scrutiny
Richard Lovelace
Who wrote A Song(Absent from thee)
John Wilmot
Which poets criticised Charles II and was banned from the court
John Wilmots
Name 2 techniques regarding Form
- Type of poem
* The narrative voice
Name 3 techniques regarding Structure
- Layout of poem
- Changes
- Rhyme Scheme
Others:
• Caesura, Enjambment, End Stopping
• Repetition
• Revelation of info
Name 3 techniques regarding Language
- Figurative
- Imagery & symbolism
- Personal pronouns
Who wrote To His Coy Mistress
Andrew Marvell
Who wrote Ae Fond Kiss And Then We Sever
Robert Burns
Who wrote Remember
Christina Rossetti
What was the Pre-Raphaelite movement
A movement in the 1800s that aimed to return English art to a more natural and realistic style
What movement influenced Christina Rossetti
The Pre-Raphaelite
What influenced Thomas Hardy
Romanticism and the fact he was a Victorian realist
Who wrote The Ruined Maid
Thomas Hardy
Name 3 features of Victorian society
- Strict and placed emphasis on morals
- Sex outside of marriage wasn’t allowed
- Queen Victoria promoted religious family with clearly defined gender rules
Explain the term ‘The Fallen Woman’
A woman who had lost her innocence and had fallen from the grace of God. The belief was that women’s sexual experiences should be under the control of a man.
