Pre 19th century poetry anthology Flashcards
FORM: Who so list to hunt
Petrachan sonnet (8,6)
Volta L9 to signal redirection of energy
Lyric form- show personal despair
Trochee L7 causes falter
FORM: Sonnet 116
Elizabethan Sonnet (4,4,4,2) volta at start of each quatrain Trochaic opening- tone of certainty
FORM: The Flea
3 stanzas- holy trinity
new stanza- new argument
each stanza has couplets ending in a triplet
simple rhyme scheme belies complex and manipulative argument.
FORM: His Coy Mistress
Dramatic monologue
Perfect Iambic tetrameter- reflects perfectly constructed argument
Conceit of time (for the speaker, dying is the ultimate lack of control)
Couplets throughout
light hearted tone contrasts the dark theme of life and death
FORM: The Scrutiny
Alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter
L3 starts with a trochee- draws attention to ‘lady’ (insult)
Songlike meter contrasts content
quintets and meter carefully constructed- reflects his argument
FORM: A Song (Absent from thee)
Typical restoration song
ABAB
Feminine endings in final stanza- hint at fear of loss
FORM: The Garden of Love
Tightly regulated quatrains- reflect stifling effects of organised religion (anachronistic- forward thinking)
Elongated meter in final stanza- emphasises the repression of natural desires
FORM: Song (Ae fond kiss)
Trochaic tetrameter- falling meter reflects the speakers sad and mournful tone
FORM: She Walks in Beauty
Perfect iambic tetrameter- reflects physical perfection
FORM: Remember
Petrachan Sonnet (8,6)
Volta L9
Perfect iambic pentameter- reflect need for control?
FORM: The Ruined Maid
Anapaestic trimester
songlike meter- belies severity or Hardy’s message and reflects naivety
FORM: La Belle Dame
Ballad
Simple form and rhyme scheme contrasts complexity
FORM: Non Sum Qualis… Cynarae
Monosyllabic and shorter lines
Octave
8 lines
Sestet
6 lines
