Love Through the Ages Poetry Flashcards
Who so List
Context
Sir T Wyatt (1503-42) about AB - alleged affair b4 mar
hunting in medieval only for rich - when = peace skill = to success at war
greek mythology - deer = goddess Diana - pureness
Who so List
Form
petrachan sonnet - 1 of 1st written in English typ = Italian - rhyme scheme typ of this type of poem = strong & direct = rhythmn of hunt
in IP except 1st line - shows confusion & distress in later lines
Who so List
Structure
directly addresses reader - contrasts obsessive detail
no enjam at start - sets expec to be broken later
‘wylde’ & ‘tame’ juxtaposition
volta used but undermined by sim content = obsession
Who so List
Language
extended metaphor of hunt - shows rela dynamic & how love is portrayed - emph by allit in 1st line
“weried me so sore” - chased to exhaust = commited
could argue maintains some power but running but strict GRs - only choices = flee - die meta death
net meta = pointless - woman = elusive
diamonds - graven = connos of pain & ownership = wealth
cesare = H8 - connos of power - deer belonged to C & no one could hunt them
Who so List
Typicality
Renaissance
sonnet = typ of era - courtly love - shows preoccup w/ unattainable love
interesting portrayal of love - hunt = painful & pointless but gets pleasure from obsession & fixation - brags
Sonnet 116
Context
in earlier section of sonnets which were addressed to fair youth - less sexual
Sonnet 116
Form
3 quatrains & final couplet in IP = typ struc & meter of WS sonnets
alt rhyme
Sonnet 116
Structure
repetition ‘let me not’ - not true love - alts meaning of true love
neg allusions repeated - volta = back to negs
ends w/ challenge in couplet
Sonnet 116
Language
starts w/ neg - allusion to mar service - alter reinforces later in poem
true mindes - women expected to be submis - not true - also idea of faithful & unchanging
love is not love = defined by what not
navigation imagery = guiding love N star = 1 person
alliteration of compass come - mirrors clock = time passing - extended by breefe hrs ..
love personified & linked to grim reaper
Sonnet 116
Typicality
medieval morality plays personi love & ops time etc to demo punishment = typ
not typ portrayal of mar - not equal = m idealistic
The Flea
Context
John Donne (1972-1631) = young & cynical & lustful
flea = sexual inneuendo - extra marital sex = outrageous flea = famous for linking relig & sex using conceit - unusual metaphor = 2 v dif ideas
carpe diem poetry - metap - civil war seize the day
The Flea
Form
new rhyme introes new idea
og typograghy s’s looked like f’s - double meaning
reg rhyme & meter presents shifting complex arguement simplease struc to help undertsnad & hide manipu of lover
The Flea
Structure
‘cruel & sudden’ - harsher consonance breaks lang struc
caesura used to slow & help follow poem - pauses allow doubt to slip in & turn around arguement
The Flea
Language
conceit & extended metaphor of flea describe blood mingling in sex & sancity of mar - trad image of fleas & insects having access to women men didn’t have but wanted
meta of blood mixing makes seem sacred & consecrated - flea = nat mar temple
rep relig refs connos of flea as nat & sin to deny - relig usually against makes sanctified
last stanza = closest woman comes to speech - rejects previous args but is under his control
imperatives & allusions to holy trinity
woman killing flea - kills his passion seen as sin
The Flea
Typicality
Renaissance
metaphysical & trend of conceit
emph placed on virginty & double standards
but could be seen as rep woman who can hold her own & defend her POV even tho = silent
Coy Mistress
Context
Andrew Marvell (1621-78)
arsitotle suggested “vegetative soul” governs nutrition - nat love
period of uncertainty- carpe diem = arguement sex will help control time
father died crossing humber river = darker side
coyness = fashionable
Coy Mistress
Form
= dramatic monologue - don’t hear mistress’ voice = like eavesdropping
struct like rhetorical arguement
rhyming couplets undermine seriousness
Coy Mistress
Structure
pronouns link together - ‘we’
itallics used to emph separation
repetition of time - shows attempt at flattery
enjam quickens pace - desperation to beat time
Coy Mistress
Language
ref to ganges - 1650 = time of exploration - idea of conquest makes seem as if on mission
10 yrs b4 flood = 4000 yrs - mocks hyperbole of trad love poems
veg love - euph - love seem ord / nat - needs looking after if growing will become richer - empire
but - emph running out of time above = ideal - now = reality
desarts - barren - no sex = dull rela - meta rejects heaven
marble vault dust ashes - will die
Coy Mistress
Typicality
Renaissance
carpe diem- clashed w/ puritan trends of the time
The Scrutiny
Context
Richard Lovelace (1618-57)
intended audience = other male mems of court = cavelier poet sup C1 express joy & simple grat want to revel in soc mat wealth
The Scrutiny
Form
regular rep rhyme = light hearted song like
The Scrutiny
Structure
use of repeated personal pronouns = personal to rela
lady - trochee - emphs how doesn’t have own iden
? tone = cruel & argumentative
Have I condesending tone shows = selfish
The Scrutiny
Language
‘fond’ = connos of intimacy contrasted by ‘impos’ - unlike HCM doesn’t flatter ‘dote’ gen affection??
“tedious twelve hrs space’ allit - embodies cav prins
‘beauties wrong’ - obj idea others need him paints self trad hero
rob thee - views as extnention of self = arrang thinking want same things
‘must’ = compelled ‘my round’ - when sat willl return
‘unplowed ground’ ‘new gems’ - metaphor wants pure women
‘spoils’ ‘crowned’ battle lang speaker = victor & women = conquest - male leisure
