Poetry Flashcards
Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae
1896
Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae translation
I am not as I was under the reign of Cynara
what sort of rhythm does Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae have?
12 syllable French line- the Alexandrine
where does the line Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae come from?
Horace’s Odes, Book 4, 1
what was the child actress called who Dowson was obsessed with?
Minnie Terry- devoted to her from when she was 7
How does Keats hasten his rhythm?
Uses three tetrameters followed by a final, truncated line of only 4/5 syllables
Where does Keats borrow his question-and-response from?
Earlier folk ballads
Who did Keats write his poem for?
Fanny Brawne
when was La Belle Dame sans Merci published?
1820
When was At an Inn published?
1898
What is the general rhythm of The Ruined Maid?
Iamb with anapaestic trimeter
When was The Ruined Maid published?
1901
When was Remember published?
1862
What type of poem is Remember?
Petrarchan sonnet
What were Rossetti’s brothers a part of?
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
What were the women in Rossetti’s family?
High Church Anglicans
What is the rhythm of She Walks in Beauty?
Iambic tetrameter
when was She Walks in Beauty published?
1815
What is the rhythm of The Garden of Love?
First two stanzas are loose anapaestic trimeter with abab- third stanza begins same way but switches in last two lines to tetrameter, no rhyme
What is the structure of To His Coy Mistress?
Iambic tetrameter and rhymes in couplets
What was the name of Marvell’s housekeeper?
Mary Palmer
Which critic claims that the relationship in Rochester’s poem resembles that of “an errant sinner and God”?
Marianne Thormahlen
Who is ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ written for?
Agnes (Nancy) McLehose
When was ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ written?
1791
What gives ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ a downbeat quality?
Feminine endings and rhymes (lines and rhymes that end with an unstressed syllable)
When was ‘The Scrutiny’ published?
1641
Who argues that ‘The Scrutiny’ can be read as a challenge to other witty men rather than as a work addressed to a particular woman?
Luke McBratney
Who considers a sexual reading of ‘The Scrutiny’?
Luke McBratney
Who suggests that there is progression and subtle variation in ‘Ae Fond Kiss’?
Luke McBratney
What does topaz represent?
Chastity
What do diamonds represent?
Steadfastedness
