donne and milton

what century are both donne and milton

17th century

Donne's parents where R__________ C__________

roman catholic

john donne converted from roman catholicism to _________

Anglican

Donne's wife's name

Anne

Anne Donne daughter of

Sir George More

how old was Anne when they eloped? How old was Donne?

17, 29

after ceremony, who did Sir George More get back at? (3 people) and how?

Donne, the parson, and the person who gave Anne away with a brief imprisonment

how many children did Anne and Donne have together?

12

how many of Anne's and Donne's children lived? how many died?

7 lived, 5 died

Donne was an Anglican priest (T/F)

true

during what event did Anne die? Did she die alone?

died during childbirth with last child

Donne was appointed Dean of ______ ___________ Cathedral

St Paul's

what are the 2 strange facts about Donne?

the portrait of him dead wrapped in a burial sheet

preached his funeral sermon a month before he died

metaphysical poetry uses...

philosophical imagery to illustrate and define emotional and intellectual adventures

what are the six sources of imagery in metaphysical poetry?

astronomy

astrology

alchemy

mathematics

Aristotle (body and soul)

Christian tradition / theology

what are the five characteristics of Donne's poetry / metaphysical poetry?

lyrical poetry

very personal / colloquial

conceits

philosophical speculation

Petrarchan / Italian sonnet form

define the Italian Petrarchan sonnet (all parts)

8 lines for the problem (octate)

- rhymes in ABBA ABBA

6 lines for the conclusion (sestet)

iambic pentameter

what are the two types of poetry we see through Donne?

Songs and Sonnets

Holy Sonnets

what was the positive poetry from songs and sonnets we examined in class?

The Good Morrow

what was the negative poetry from songs and sonnets we examined in class?

this one is where the woman gives 3 excuses to get away from the man

1) antedate different relationship

2) we've changed

3) death ends a marriage , sleeps ends a hook-up

he calls her a vain lunatic

Woman's Constancy

what was the negative poetry from songs and sonnets we examined in class?

Song

what was the erotic poetry from songs and sonnets we examined in class?

flea drinks the man and women's blood (mixing it)

back then sex was considered mixing of blood

man says "have sex with me our blood has already mixed"

she tries to smash the flea he stops her saying she'll take 3 lives (his/hers/flea's) and commit 3 sins (murder/suicide/sacrilege)

The Flea

sacrilege

sin against something sacred

what was the poetry we examined from Holy sonnets?

this one had the paradox, "Death, thou shalt die"

X, "Death Be Not Proud"

paradox

a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

what was the poetry we examined from Holy sonnets?

this one had 3 conceits

1) Tinker - God

2) Captured Town - Donne

3) Captured Woman - Donne

XIV, Batter My Heart

who was the number 3 in rank behind shakespear and chaucer

john milton

john milton's family were p______

puritan

which party was milton inclined towards when rumors of an English civil war started?

puritan party

english civil war had _______ vs. _________

Royalists , Puritans

what was another name for the roylaists

cavalries

what was another name for the puritans

round heads

who lead the royalists

King Charles I

who lead the puritans

Oliver Cromwell

milton had 3 marriages. the first was to ____________- whose father was a _________

Mary Powell, Royalist

milton's second marriage was to ________ who was his _______---

Katharine Woodcock , greatest love

milton's final marriage was to _________- and was a marriage of __________-

Elizabeth Minshull , convenience

what was Oliver Cromwell's title in the commonwealth?

Protector of the Commenwealth

what did england become after the puritans won

commonwealth

what are the two duties milton has as latin secretary

correspondence to other governments

propaganda (defend commonwealth)

what happens to milton during his role as latin secretary

he gets adult onset blindness

who succeeded oliver cromwell

his incompetent son Richard

what is the restoration of 1660?

Charles II takes back the throne

commonwealth is no more

what happens to milton following the restoration of 1660?

short imprisonment

what are Milton's 3 monumental works?

Paradise Lost

Paradise Regained

Samson Agonistes

this is one of milton's 3 monumental works

lost it when given in to temptation (A+E and Satan)

12 books

originally was going to be king arthur and the round table but decided to take inspiration from Bible instead

devils

3 shots at Catholic church

Paradise Lost

this is one of Milton's 3 monumental works

regained when Jesus denied temptation 3 times in desert

Paradise Regained

this is one of Milton's 3 monumental works

strong guy w/ hair that was long.... it was his covenant w/ God

philistines cut his hair after he admits to his "girlfriend"

he is captured and blinded

reduced to manual labor

he sacrifices himself in the end for his people

Samson Agonistes

one of milton's poems

political sonnet written while he was still latin secretary

Easter 1655

Duke of Savoy

---slaughtered protestants (1700) -> waldensians / vaudois

named after Peter waldow (tried to reform catholic church w/o pope, heretic)

3 shots at catholic church:

-worshipped statues

-Babylonian woe

-triple tyrant

On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

one of milton's poems

alludes to the story in the Bible where the servants are given the money and the one that buries it is thrown into the dark

----- he is not using his talent and does not want God to throw him out in the dark

agonizing

patience personified tells him to be patient

When I Consider How My Light is Spent

one of milton's poems

writing to one of his students who is also now blind

he continues for God, not for his role as Latin Secretary

triumphant (beyond acceptance)

To Mr. Cyriack Skinner Upon His Blindness

how many books is Paradise Lost?

12

what is the one word that describes Paradise Lost?

pride

Paradise Lost is written in what verse?

blank verse

what are the five characteristics of an Epic?

fantastic hero

great battle between equal opponent

long narrative

digression

highly descriptive language (cataloging)

who was the hero in paradise lost

God

who was the "equal opponent" in paradise lost and how did milton work this in

Satan says he's God's equal (not milton)

where do we see cataloging in paradise lost

all the devils in hell

what are milton's 2 purposes for paradise lost?

assert eternal providence

justify the ways of god to man

what was the subject of the poem paradise lost?

Man's First Disobedience

satan means what

adversary

who was satan's second in command, lord of the flies

Beelzebub

who oversaw the construction of pandemonium?

God of wealth and money

Mammon

who was milton's MUSE in paradise lost

holy spirit

what was pandemonium an exact replica of? it was made of pure gold and a place for all the demons in hell

St. Peter's Basilica

what are the 3 shots at Catholicism in Paradise Lost?

Pandemonium

Bees (Pope Urban VIII's symbol on coat of arms)

Secret Conclave (satan elected "Pope of the devils")