Robert Herrick Flashcards
1
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cavalier poet
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social poetry - universally transferable exalting the good life aristocratic social values friendship and social esteem are emphasized carpe diem ideas
2
Q
delight in disorder
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the power exhausts the “spezzatura” (careless grace) seen in women
3
Q
Theme: messing of wilderness and civility
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clothing is most attractive when it is balanced between put-together and un-done
4
Q
Theme: sprezzatura (carless grace)
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speaker describes carelessness as beautiful
5
Q
innocence and erotism
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Corinnas going a maying:
poem describes an intimate situation and includes sexual anecdotes however the tone of the poem is innocent
- speaker is more interested in seizing the day outside rather than in bed
