Poetry Exam Flashcards
he is 23 years old man who does not have facial hair or
muscles. The speaker is saying that although
he has mentally matured his body is
not that of a man. No matter what the speaker does he
can not wish away time. His life is in God’s hands.
How Soon Hath Time
Carpe Diem: Seiz the day. Live for today rather than tomorrow. It is better to be young rather than old. Enjoy your youth while you have it.
To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time
he finds women who are not dressed
perfectly more attractive and sexy. He is not
Fan of being too perfect.
delight in disorder
the poet’s daughter died at the just 6
months old. Mary was the couples first child
of the couple’s youth. What God hath giveth he hath taketh away
On My First Daughter
Jonson addresses his first-born son, also named Benjamin, who died of the plague in 1603. The poem is an epigram, modeled on those of the Roman poet Martial. It starts as a valediction or farewell using a poetic apostrophe, but it quickly becomes apparent that the son’s departure is eternal and that the poet is lamenting his death.
“On My First Son,”
In short, this is a very brief poem that Lovelace wrote about a man saying goodbye to his lover before heading to war. He pleads for his lover to understand why he must leave the safe and sweet comfort of her presence, begging her not think him unkind for going away. While he admits that he very much loves his mistress, he admits that he loves war even more, and he willingly flies to the battlefield.
To Lucasta
once one realizes that the soul,
and love, cannot be imprisoned by anything—that they are free—he becomes like an angel, a heavenly being with more freedom than just about everything else in existence.
To Althea
