The Scrutiny-Lovelace Flashcards
1
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What are the key structural methods in The Scrutiny?
A
- Cyclical structure of empty promises
“Why should you swear I am forsworn/ Since thine I vowed to be?”
“ I laden will return to thee” - Alternating octosyllabic and sextosyllabic lines apart from line 7 with 7 syllables
“A tedious twelve hours’ space”?
-Implies he’s spent too long on this woman
2
Q
What are the key language methods in The Scrutiny?
A
- Rhetorical questions
- Imagery of exploration
- arrogant tone
3
Q
Which quotes support the method of: rhetorical questions?
A
“Why should you swear I am forsworn/ Since thine I vowed to be?
“Have I not loved thee much and long,/ A tedious twelve hours’ space?”
4
Q
Which quotes support the method of: imagery of exploration?
A
” For treasure in un-plowed-up ground.”
“With spoil of meaner Beauties crowned”
5
Q
Which quotes support the method of: arrogant tone?
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“That fond impossibility”
“I will laden return to thee/ Even sated with variety”
“And rob thee of a new embrace”
6
Q
What literary era is The Scrutiny from?
A
Cavalier
7
Q
What is the key conextual information for The Scrutiny?
A
- English Civil War- created Carpe Diem attitudes
- Poem is deliberately provocative as a Cavalier reaction to the English Civil War
- Time of coloniolism & exploration
-From a post-colonial perspective, we can see how the voices of colonised countries were repressed and misinterpreted reflected in the speaker’s treatment of the woman
8
Q
What are the key themes in The Scrutiny?
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- Sexual love
- Infidelity
- Masculine power
- Persuasion
