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POETRY (METAPHYSICAL (Wit ('Woman's Constancy' (Intentionally…
POETRY
METAPHYSICAL
Wit
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Wit is the capacity to link or combine new ideas in original ways. It was considered a feature of poetic intelligence and gives his arguments strength
Punctuation determines the rhythm of the line and how it is delivered when read aloud and serves to enforce and highlight particular ideas
Paradox
'Death be not proud, Holy Sonnet X'
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"Die not, poor death nor yet canst thou kill me"
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The Anniversary:
The title is a celebration of time passing for a couple; however, the poem reinforces the ideas that these lovers are beyond such earthly measures and that the purity of their love will allow them life beyond the grave
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Concerned with idea, beyond the physical
Personification
The Sun Rising: "Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dose thou thus, through windows and through curtains call on us?"
NOT CONVENTIONAL
Metre
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The Good Morrow: Iambic pentameter - somewhat irregular to reflect the heart beating faster - swept away by love, however the regular metre serves to reinforce the sense of peace and reflection these 'true plain hearts' have found in another upon waking
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Holy Sonnets: Conventional structure (petrachen style) indicative of his return to traditional religious views, quite consistent in its form across all Sonnets
Song: the irregular metre of Song enhances the flippant and irreverent feelings of the speaker, who is steadfast in his belief that "nowhere lives a woman true and fair"
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POETIC DEVICES
Repetition
Epistrophe
"Alas, alas who's injured by my love? /// Though she I and I do love" - Canonisation, shows that it is on the speakers mind and wants it to be on the audiences mind
Anaphora
"Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone
Let maps to there, worlds on worlds have shown
Let is possess one world, each hath one, and is one"
-The Good Morrow, asking permission and invitation/ proportion for something to occur
Alliteration
"Your force, to break, blow, burn and make me new" - Holy Sonnet XIV, and short, sharp words in rapid succession and show violence, a physical action
Apostrophe:
"For God's sake, hold our tongue, and let me love" - The Canonization, direct speech to someone and is the highest form of address
REFERENCES TO POETRY
The Canonisation
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"Our Legend be, it will be fit for verse"
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The Triple Fool
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Irony in referring to poetry within a poem. Conflict between poetry causing him of distress and reopening old wounds in its publication
VOICES
Voice of other
Many of Donne's pieces are written in the voice of another, often made up scenarios and is not always reflective of beliefs
Woman's Constancy:
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Prove he can use argument to argue in different directions showing skill in poetry, not just beliefs
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