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LITERARY BACKGROUND (PAG.142-143) - Coggle Diagram
LITERARY BACKGROUND (PAG.142-143)
English Poetry in the 17th Century
Three Main Groups
Puritan Poets (Milton)
Metaphysical Poets (Donne)
Is elegant and smooth, characterised by a meditative mood
Thomas Cerew and Richard Lovelace
Cavalier Poets
Tradition of Elizabethan poetry
Minton and Puritan Poetry
John Milton
his works to express his religious values and political views.
He composed both poetic works and prose writings.
Paradise Lost (1667)
Man’s disobedience to God in Heaven.
Satan represents the real hero.
Metaphysical Poets
Le loro poesie sono complesse, piene di metafore difficili.
Traggono ispirazione dall'astronomia, dalla medicina e dalla geografia.
Two main topics: Love and Religion
John Donne
Two main topics:
love and the relashionship between man and God.
He uses unconventional imagery, strong imagination, philosophical thoughts and surprising associations of ideas