17th Century &Metaphysical Poetry Review

Presentation Requirements

• 1. Perform (overall judgment by Mr. Kirk – have the students captured the tone or “voice” of the poem? Yes or no?)

• 2. Explain meaning (Y/N)• 3. Metaphysical topic (Y/N)• 4. Philosophical “answer” to the topic (Y/N)• 5. Is this topic still a source of wonder

today? How are people searching for the answer?

TestWednesday, February 6

Part 1 “History” Introductory note handout

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Part 2 Poems - Name the poem described

Part 2 – Terms Matching (10)

apostrophe, conceit, epic, epigram, carpe diem, metaphysical poetry, paradox, prose, sonnet, symbol

Song page 422 Chris

•Topic – love

•Meaning- writing a love song to his lover trying to comfort her since he is going away on a journey

Valediction…Kris

• Topic : Love

• Meaning: The writer and his lover’s souls are connected by love. Like the legs of a compass, the can not be separated.

HS 10 • Topic- • Meaning-

Meditation 17

• Topic

• Meaning

On My 1st Son Abby

• Topic: Love• Meaning: The author is writing about his son

who died at 7 years old, and he blames himself for having too many high hopes for him. He will now be more careful of who he loves.

Song: to Celia Marc

• Topic: Love

• Meaning: The speaker loves Celia. He sends her flowers once but she returns them. Even through all this the flowers never died by Celia breathing on them has given them eternal life.

To His Coy Mistress John

• Topic- life

• Meaning- the meaning is that you should live your life to the fullest while you are here and you shouldn’t worry about life after death.

To the Virgins… Connor

• Topic-

• Meaning-

Song (Suckling) Kayla

• Topic- love• Meaning

– A good friend will tell you not to change your self for someone else and if they don’t like you the way you are then you have to move on and that person isn’t worth you wasting your time and changing yourself over.

Freeze Tag Cory

• Topic: Carpe Diem/ Loss of Innocence

• Meaning: Seize the Day/ Children’s exposure to adult issues causes them to lose their innocence

New Beginnings Ryan

• Topic: carpe diem

• Meaning: This poem talks about all the problems in the world and how they are not worth fixing, but instead the world should just start all over.

Sonnet XIX Bridget

• Topic: religion• Meaning: The sonnet expresses Milton’s

loss and regain of his direction in life after he became blind. In the beginning of the sonnet, he feels that he cannot serve God well because he cannot use the talents God gave him. Near the end of the sonnet, he believes that if he worships God in any way he can, it is good enough for God.

Sonnet VII Dayana

• Topic: religion and time

• Meaning: there is no sense of hurry or panic at the loss of time beyond the middle of the poem, but a confident declaration of faith that the lord would grant him all he needed to accomplish the greatness that he felt, but could not see.