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17th Century Poetry Exam Review Sheet

It may seem like a lot, but I tried to be as complete as I could.Please be able to identify the following titles and items:

Elegy

Conceit Metaphysics Meditations Discordia Concours

Apostrophe Roundhead/Puritan The Protectorate/The Restoration of Charles II Conceit know definitions and examples from thepoems (especially Donnes poems) The Great Chain of Being

Petrarchan SonnetRhyme Scheme what is a Petrarchan Rhyme Scheme? How

does it signify changes in the poems tone?Octave - ProblemSestet Resolution/Solution

Shakespearean Sonnet be able to identify the parts ofShakespeares Sonnets. What is each part used for?

Quatrain - ProblemRhyming Couplet Resolution/Solution

Ptolemys Geocentric Universe vs. the Heliocentric Universe

John Donne - know the problem, solution, central theme, and majorsimiles/metaphors/& conceits

Meditation #17

Essential ideas of the poem (isolation &interconnectivity of all people/vivid awareness ofdeath/the death of one diminishes the whole)

Central Images Island/Mainland, The Bell

No man is an island unto himself, Do not ask forwhom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. How does thisquote address the ideas in Sir Thomas MoresUtopia?

Written in reaction to Renaissance insular thought,separating mankind into islands.

Valediction: Forbidding Mourning -

How does Donne use religious terms todescribe his love for his wife?

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How does Donne use METAPHYSICALCONCEITS in the poem?

Donne & Wife>celestial bodies>points of acompass

Gold wedding ring>path of a

planet>alchemical symbol for gold>path of acompass

Emotions of common people>earthquakes &tempests

How does Donne use DISCORDIA CONCOURSin the poem?

Metaphysical Conceit

Term for a prolonged comparison

Usually odd at first

Needs explanation and time

CHARACTERISTIC OF DONNES POETRY

Look these terms up if you missed them. Understand how they work, and be able toidentify examples (and how those examples work) from the four readings we have had.

Donnes Life

The role of the Oath of SupremacyPuritans

Status of, and opportunities for Catholics in the 17 th century

What is patronage? How was Donnes patronage jeopardized by his own actions?What were the results of his marriage?

Explain how/why he became Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral, if he were born Catholic.

What role did his religion play in his writing? Be specific with your examples.

As to his poetry, account for the following element:

Relationship between God & Man

Between Man & the Universe

Sermons containing sexual references

Love poetry containing theology terms

UNCONVENTIONAL COMPARISONS & THOUGHTS ABOUT STANDARD

SUBJECTS!

Where do you see these IN THE POEMS YOU READ?

How does Donnes method of persuasion change throughout the stanzas of

The Flea?

How does Donnes tone toward either a flea or his lover change in eachstanza?

How does he mix religious and sexual language in the poem?

Where is DISCORDIA CONCOURS found in the poem?

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How does Donne use figurative language or DISCORDIA CONCOURS

in Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?

What are the major uses of figurative language in Meditation 17?

Why should we not ask for whom the bell tolls? What would Donnes

answer be?

Explain the role of Death in Sonnet 10. What is Donnes message in that poem, and how does he use figurative

language to achieve that message?

John Milton know the octave, sestet, rhyme scheme, as well as theproblem, solution, central theme, and major similes/metaphors of thepoems

How soon hath TimeWhen I consider how my light is spentOn the late massacre in Piedmont

The Waldensians who were they? Why did Milton

care? How does he blame the Catholic Church fortheir deaths?

Rationale for their massacre?Katherine Phillips

Upon the Double Murder of King Charles

How is King Charles murder TWICE?

How does Phillips use metaphor/simile/conceit?Elizabeth I

Who is she, and how did her death spell disaster for Catholicpoets like John Donne?

How did her death set up civil war?James I Absolutism, Stewart Dynasty

Divine Right What is it, and how does it fit into the Great Chainof Being? What analogy did James I use to justify the DivineRight of Kings?

Charles I

How did he destabilize the country, and what was the result notjust politically, but also for literature? How was the politicalturmoil of the time reflected in the literature?