Quiz 6 Flashcards
a reference to any person, play, or thing (literary, historical, or actual)
allusion
a long, narrow trench in the ground
furrow
to avoid; to turn away from
escheweth
keeping words, phrases, or clauses in the same grammatical order
parallelism
Jupiter
Jove
what Jonson demanded in his writings
clarity, unity, symmetry, and proportion
without value; worthless
vile
Jonson created his poem from some of this man’s prose writings.
Philostratus
nearest astronomical star cluster to earth
Pleiades
a short poem or saying that is clear, catchy, and often satirical
epigram
nectar and Jupiter
various allusions
- “But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,*
- I would not change for thine.”*
hyperbole & wit
a symbol of the speaker’s love for Celia
the wreath
“Drink to me only with thine eyes.”
the speaker’s infatuation
” … cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
man as described in Job
“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.”
The human life is short and difficult
“Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.”
Job’s response
“So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.”
the conclusion of Job
that in her presence it will not wither
“As giving it a hope …”
a “perfect and upright man,” one who fears God and shuns evel
Job
