Poetry Context Flashcards
The Passionate Shepard
Pastoral
Elizabethan
Carpe Diem
Shepards are poor
Sonnet 73
Fair Youth Life expectancy was lower Fair Youth Carpe Diem Monasteries ( Henry viii)
Sonnet 130
Mocking Petrarch Dark lady Elizabethan White skin= attractive Patriarchal
There is a garden in her face
Campion- musician Jacobean Influenced by Petrarch Patriarchal and Christian attitudes Religious lexis- reflects religious attitudes of the time ‘Orient’ Asia - exotic and precious
The Flea
Donne known for being promiscuous
Sex before marriage
Early Jacobean
3 references a lot ( ironic )
Patriarchal society- woman is viewed as the sexual object
Metaphysical poet- new way of writing poems (such as obscure metaphors)
To my dear and living husband
Caroline era
Anne was a puritan- went to America (first published female poet)
8 children
Rare for women to write live poems-due to patriarchal society
A satirical Elegy
George 1
Poem about duke of Marlborough
( unpopular )
Controversial for an elegy ( normally respectful)
London
George iii Industrial revolution 1760s onward Romantic poet Campaigned against child labour Prostitution was common-young women Church- expected to protect the poo (failing to do so)
The schoolboy
Late Georgian era Teachers often physically abusive Child labour = major problem References to nature Blake was homeschooled since 11 and thrived Pastoral poem Importance of childhood
Composed among westminister bridge
Late Georgian era
Written on top of carriage
Romantic poet - subverts usual style
Poem written before factories opened
Ozymandias
1818 Ramassees ii ( ozymandias=Greek name) Romantic poet People fascinated with Egypt Criticizing George iii who was becoming increasingly unpopular (and other arrogant rulers like him)
England in 1819
Late Georgian era Prince regeant running country Peterloo massacre Shelley was atheist French revolution
She walks in beauty
1812 Byron was known for hedonistic life Romantic poet Mad, bad and dangerous Ms Wilmot from a party
To The virgins, to make much of time
Caroline Herrick was a priest and his father commited when he was one Loved during civil war (Herrick) Dad committed suicide when one Priest Patriarchal society- marriage the only chance of women gaining status and security Women married young Carpe Diem
The voice
Edwardian- 1922
Hardy’s wife Emma recently died
Lyric poem-first person, short, expressing strong emotions
Met in Cornwall and fell in love, estranged for a long time before her death
Guilt
Write the voice in Cornwall
