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Of Studies?
- by sir francis bacon
- studying is applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject, especially through reading
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Of marriage and single life?
- by sir francis bacon
- married men live longer than single men, byt married men are more willing to die
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Sir francis bacon?
- renaissance man
- died from bronchitis burying a chicken
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Metaphysical poetry?
- written in the manner of everyday speech
- experiments with language in imaginative ways
- disrupts poetic manner
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Metaphysical conceit?
- an extended metaphor
- *like a paragraph that goes into greath depth
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paradox?
a statement that seems contradictory but suggests the truth
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king of metaphysical poetry?
John Donne
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Holy Sonnet 10?
- by John Donne
- personifys death as if it is a person
- death is like a second compared to eternity
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Mediation 17?
- by John Donne
- no matter what everyone is connected
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"No man is an island, entire of itself"
- from mediation 17
- means that no one is alone
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John Donne?
- dean of st. paul's
- writing sermons was his calling
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Anne Moore?
- John Donne's wife
- Donne was put in jail because they eloped
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Sir Thomas Edgerton?
- john donne's employer
- anne moore's uncle
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On my first son?
- by ben jonson
- poet's response to his son's death
- son was his "best piece of poetry"
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Still to be Neat?
- by ben jonson
- likes a women who is natural, than all dressed up
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Ben jonson?
leader in literary world
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Works?
- a volume of ben jonsons's plays and poems
- *was controversial
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Cavalier poetry?
- rich people poetry
- ex.) to the virgins; to his coy mistress; to lincasta
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To the virgins, to make much of time?
- by Robert Herrick
- *get married while your yong
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To his coy mistress?
- by Andrew Marvell
- the speaker will give her all that she wants if she does it with him and stays with him
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To Lincasta, going to the wars?
- by richard lovelace
- the poet is telling a girl that he is going off to war.she will love him even more when he gets back because he just went and fought
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greatest songwriter ever born of english race?
robert herrick
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andrew marvell?
known for political activities
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richard lovelace?
wrote his best poetry when he was imprisoned
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How soon hath time?
- by John Milton
- about his loss of youth
- experiance everything you can while your young
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When i consider how my light is spent?
- by John Milton
- about his loss of sight
- *accept what your given and God will welcome you
- Milton accepted his blindness
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paradise lost?
- by john milton
- biblical mixed w/ mythological
- classical references: greek and roman
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John Milton?
- masterpiece-paradise island, Samson Agunistis
- went blind from too much eye strain, wrote his most important poetry during this time
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