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What poet is Shakespeare? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Lyric and dramatic poet
Shakespearean sonnet
Iambic pentameter
Punctuation allows point of subverting beauty expectations sink in.
Subverting typical beauty standards of victorian times, pale golden beauty
What poet is Campion? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Lyric poet
Lyrical poem
Iambic trimeter
entire poem is an extended metaphor
focuses on idealised beauty, unattainable love etc
What poet is Herbert? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Metaphysical poet
Metaphysical poem
Irregular meter
Lack of structure mimics speakers chaotic thoughts and lack of control over belief
Last four lines follow rhyme scheme - belief restores
usually creates images of religious and strong political beliefs, this poem doesn’t follow this
What poet is Milton? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Epic poet
Lyric poem
Iambic pentameter
volta at sestet = change in outlook on life
lost vision durng monarch restorations
What poet is Bradstreet? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
romantic dualist
Petrarchan sonnet
Iambic pentameter and heroic couplets
structure sggests control and conformity, echoes her control in household
IP often reserved for noble, monumental subjects, suggests she’s asserting her marriage is of highest quality - women taking on such forms is controversial
Puritan ideals, very strict outlooks on life
What poet is Blake? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Romantic poet
Pastoral poem
Iambic Pentameter
First and second stanza = parallelism
2nd lines in 1 and 2 stanza symmetry in meter
About not liking school, could be seen as both genuine, why he left formal education at 10 or controversial that his famous poem echoes his hatred that made him end formal education.
What poet is Woodsworth? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Romantic poet
Petrarchan sonnet
imperfect iambic pentameter
exclamations mimic excitement, repetitive rhyme scheme gives flowing sense of time - beat reflects slow, sluggish beat of the city
during industrial revolution, nature lover
What poet is Coleridge? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Lyrical ballads
Romantic poem
Multiple meters
lack of meter and rhyme scheme suggests lack of constriction, mirros Coleridge’s lurid state of mind
Poem’s vivid imagery and mystical tone reflects romantic ideals of imagination and sublime, subconscious and conscious thoughts
What poet is Byron? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Romantic poet
Lyrical poem
Iambic Tetrameter
Alternating rhyme scheme, regular meter suggests harmony, and harmony, equates to beauty
4th line has a slight change called mtrical substitution, trochaic stress of verb ‘meet’ helps create sense of light and dark
inspires by cousin at party, reflects Byronic ideals; emphasising harmony between light and dark and connection between physical appearance and inner virtue
What poet is Shelley? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Romantic poet
Framing poem
loose iambic pentameter
volta at sestet
poem reflects his disdain for tyranny and authoritarian rule, inspired by decline of monarchies
What poet is Rossetti? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Victorian poet
Lyric poem
Even lines are I3, odd, I4
2 octaves that function as ballad stanzas when broken into quatrains
end of two stanzas are similar, tension created between ‘remember’ and ‘forget’
women’s roles - submissive, obediants - limited
defied societal norms to pursue career as poet
poem expresses theme of unrequited love, women expected to marry for social and economic reasons vs love
What poet is Hopkins? What poem is it? Meter? Structure? Context?
Victorian poet, but style reminiscent of Herbert
Petrarchan sonnet
Sprung rhythm
Sprung rhythm enhances energy and intensity, aligns w/themes of divine power and renewal
Jesuit priest, believed God’s glory is present everywhere
