Metaphysical Poetry: Thomas Carew

Question 1

Thomas Carew Context:

Answer 1

• Graduated from Oxford with a BA .
• Had a position as a diplomat while he worked with Hauge.

Question 2

Summary of ‘To my mistress sitting by a rivers side: An Eddy”:

Answer 2

• The narrator uses the stream/river to tempt the mistress away from her husband.
• Stream representing the journey of the women being trapped in her marriage.

Question 3

Summary of “To a Lady that I desired I would love her”:

Answer 3

• Narrator worried a lady will laugh at him rather than love him.
• He’s worried his praise and compliments could go to waste.

Question 4

Summary of ‘A song’:
‘Ask me no more where Jove bestows’

Answer 4

• Winters beauty does not die, it moves from nature to a listeners body.
• The beauty goes to his lovers.