conceit
extended metaphor
Cavaliers
wrote light-hearted love poetry
hyperbole
extreme exaggeration for literary effect
allusion
reference to literature, art, or history the writer expects the reader to recognize
paradox
contradictory statement
oxymoron
contradictory statement
John Donne
greatest metaphysical poet
talent
according to Milton, the one thing that is death to deny
Charles I
executed for treason
Charles II
restored the monarchy of England
metaphor
comparison of basically dissimilar objects; does not use “like” or “as”
simile
comparison which does use “like” or “as”
couplet
two rhyming lines of poetry
divine right
belief that kings’ power is given them by God
Puritans
minority group; did not believe in divine right
George Herbert
Anglican priest and poet; all his literature is religious in nature
irony
a contrast between reality and what is expected
personification
giving human characteristics to something that is not human
wrote primarily play
Ben Jonson
blind
John Milton
father a bricklayer
Ben Jonson
son died at 7 years of age
Ben Jonson
virtue compared to
seasoned timber
virtue contrasted with
a day, a spring, a rose
Donne’s “translators”
age, sickness, war, justice
Donne’s 2 conceits for mankind
book & continent
Donne’s conceit for the “one soul”
gold
Donne’s conceit for the two souls
the legs of a compass
Donne’s conceit for affliction
treasure
Who hires the “translators”?
God
two forces during Civil War
Roundheads and Cavaliers
three primary groups creating literature
metaphysical poets, Puritan writers, Cavaliers
leader of the Puritans
Cromwell
terms for England’s government when not a monarchy
Commonwealth, Protectorate
terms for England’s leaders when there was no monarch
Lord Protector, Head of the Commonwealth
Three thoughts that grant freedom even to one who is in prison
king, friends, lover
wan
pale and sickly
