Poetry Flashcards
The Passionate Shepard to His Love
- author
- type of piece
- the __ illudes to this.
- Christopher Marlowe
- Contemporary along with Shakespeare
- Bait
Poem about ideas concepts; the negative is it violates modern and maurim or rule “show do not tell”
Example?
Metaphysical poem
The passionate Shepard to his love
By Christopher Marlowe
The Bait
-general story line
Loth=
Fish hook delio
-the fish aren’t afraid of lady, skinny dipping, the fish are gladden to go to her than persuaded.
-shy
-the fish that isn’t caught thereby is wiser.
He is caught by her beauty, hooked➡️sunked. Praising wife.
SONG
Donne’s love poems are collectively known as his “ ___”.
- description
-Songs and sonnets
-impossible/ can’t find beautiful and loyal woman, by the time you find one and leave to get me and show me she won’t be true anymore or chaste.
True life or imagined.
Aval
Ordinary John Donne, wife featured as__.
Izak Walton is autobiographical, mission to France, wife didn’t want him to go (prego, unwell), vision of still born child, was true, DREAMS!
-what is a conceit? Example?
Valediction means? Escapist means? Forbidden mourning means?
Riddle; something is said to be something else.
- compass:perfect circle= perfection
- hammered gold= more area but still holds together.
