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Metaphysical Poetry

Metaphysical Poetry. Klydel C. Maria R. Ian A. Vanessa P. Period 1. Movement Overview.

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Metaphysical Poetry

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  1. Metaphysical Poetry Klydel C. Maria R. Ian A. Vanessa P. Period 1

  2. Movement Overview A seventeenth-century poetic style that exhibited a much more realistic thought on love, death, God and human weakness. It goes beyond the materialistic things and turns abstract ideas into concrete terms

  3. Poetic techniques • Conceits - Extended metaphors which were intended to surprise readers for the unusual and unexpected comparisons • Wit - Forces readers to think and understand the relationship of unconnected ideas • Paradox-a way for the author to express emotions and evaluate contradictory ideas. • Paradox is combined with Irony • Obliquity-analyzes moral ideas while straying away from the obvious views about those particular ideas

  4. Themes • Death as a friend or enemy • Undeserving of love • Accepting forgiveness • The loss of innocence • Withdrawal from the world leads to freedom

  5. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) • Marvell was born March 31, 1621, in Yorkshire and died Aug. 18, 1678, in London. • English poet and politician, Marvell grew up in the Yorkshire town of Hull where his father, Reverend Andrew Marvell, was a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church . • During the 1640's Marvell traveled extensively on the European Continent missing the English civil wars. • Marvell was elected to Parliament in 1660, Marvell held office in Cromwell's government and represented Hull to Parliament during the Restoration. • In a time of tremendous political turmoil and upheaval—Marvell pulled away from publication yet nothing escaped Marvels satirical eye: he criticized and lampooned both the court and parliament. • Marvell wrote politically charged poems that would have cost him his freedom or his life had they been public. • Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), now considered one of the greatest poets of the seventeenth century because of his political satire and complex lyric verse. • Notable works • His reputation as one of the finest Metaphysical poets is based on a small body of brilliant lyric verse, notably To His Coy Mistress (1681) and “The Garden” and political verse satires opposing the government after the Restoration, such as “Last Instructions to a Painter”(1667).

  6. John Donne (1572-1631) • Considered the most influential metaphysical poet • His early works were released in an era of religious oppression • The Holy Sonnets were composed during his conversion to Anglicanism; as well as after the death of his wife • His poems showed unique versatility; his use of imagery, conceit and unique diction highlighted his work • Notable works include: “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”; “The Sun Rising”; Death be not proud - Holy Sonnet X”; “Women’s Constancy”; Love’s Alchemy”

  7. Henry Vaughan (1621-1695) • Some of his work reflects one’s relationship with God • Contact with God could lead to harmony and fulfillment • His metaphors draw on a sense of vision • The images he produced were more memorable and striking than the idea it expressed

  8. George Herbert (1593-1633) • Raised as a loyal Anglican • Herbert was a religious poet • Join priesthood in 1629 • His poems were known for • Precision in language, a metric versatility, ingenious use of imagery • intricate rhyme scheme and variation of lines • Concrete or pattern poetry • Notable Works • “Man”, “The storm”, “Easter wing”, “ The Collar”, “Jordan 1” • The Temple

  9. Visual Representation

  10. Example Prompts • 1995 Poem: “The Broken Heart” (John Donne) Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze how the speaker uses the varied imagery of the poem to reveal his attitude toward the nature of love. • 1996 Poem: “The Author to Her Book” (Anne Bradstreet) Prompt: Read carefully the following poem by the colonial American poet, Anne Bradstreet. Then write a well-organized essay in which you discuss how the poem’s controlling metaphor expresses the complex attitude of the speaker. • 2010B Poems: “To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age” (Samuel Johnson) and “When I Was One-and-Twenty” (A. E. Housman) Prompt: Each of the two poems below is concerned with a young man at the age of twenty-one, traditionally the age of adulthood. Read the two poems carefully. Then write a well-organized essay in which you compare and contrast the poems, analyzing the poetic techniques, such as point of view and tone, that each writer uses to make his point about coming of age http://education.fcps.org/uhs/node/1403

  11. Interactive Lesson Read the two pieces. Identify which of the two is a metaphysical poem.

  12. Quiz • What is the focus of metaphysical poetry? • Who are some of the metaphysical poets in this movement? • Explain one of the poetic techniques used

  13. Links • http://neboliterature.mrkdevelopment.com.au/poetry/donne/metaphysical-poetry • http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5662 • http://englishhelp4.blogspot.com/2009/12/metaphysical-poetry.html • ttp://www.universalteacher.org.uk/poetry/metaphys.htm • http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herbert/herbbib.htm • http://www.poemhunter.com/george-herbert/biography/ • http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/4/0

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