We did a number of poems today. Well done. Review the notes on cavalier poetry conventions and ethos.
Make sure you can match the following poets to the poems
Andrew Marvell "To His Coy Mistress" (Supplemental)
Richard Lovelace "To Lucasta, On Going to Wars" "To Lucasta, From Prison" (Supplemental)
Sir John Suckling "The Constant Lover" (Supplemental)
Robert Herrick "To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time" (Core List)
Next, we introduced John Donne and his Holy Sonnet 6 (Death, be not proud) and began
his poem " A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
Review:
Define
apostrophe
conceit (an unusual or unexpected comparison)
metaphysical conceit (The juxtaposition of two seemingly incompatible ideas)
constancy / inconstancy
metaphysical poetry
Match the following lines to their author and title
But, at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a -flying
Out upon it! I have loved
Three whole days together!
I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more.
Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage
So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests
move.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men
And dost with poison, war and sickness dwell
Next, state why each passage is essential to the poem's theme.
No homework tonight other than review so that we can support SMUS Student Theatre Society.
This group has worked hard for two months to create this show, written by SMUS English teacher, Jenn Fraser. Show your support and come out to watch the play. Doors open at 6:30.
