17th Century Poetry Exam Review Sheet It may seem like a lot, but I tried to be as complete as I could.

Please be able to identify the following titles and items: Elegy Conceit Metaphysics Meditations Discordia Concours Apostrophe Roundhead/Puritan The Protectorate/The Restoration of Charles II Conceit know definitions and examples from the poems (especially Donnes poems) The Great Chain of Being Petrarchan Sonnet Rhyme Scheme what is a Petrarchan Rhyme Scheme? How does it signify changes in the poems tone? Octave - Problem Sestet Resolution/Solution Shakespearean Sonnet be able to identify the parts of Shakespeares Sonnets. What is each part used for? Quatrain - Problem Rhyming Couplet Resolution/Solution Ptolemys Geocentric Universe vs. the Heliocentric Universe John Donne - know the problem, solution, central theme, and major similes/metaphors/& conceits Meditation #17 Essential ideas of the poem (isolation & interconnectivity of all people/vivid awareness of death/the death of one diminishes the whole) Central Images Island/Mainland, The Bell No man is an island unto himself, Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. How does this quote address the ideas in Sir Thomas Mores Utopia? Written in reaction to Renaissance insular thought, separating mankind into islands. Valediction: Forbidding Mourning How does Donne use religious terms to describe his love for his wife?

 How does Donne use METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS in the poem? Donne & Wife>celestial bodies>points of a compass Gold wedding ring>path of a planet>alchemical symbol for gold>path of a compass Emotions of common people>earthquakes & tempests How does Donne use DISCORDIA CONCOURS in the poem?
Metaphysical Conceit Term for a prolonged comparison Usually odd at first Needs explanation and time CHARACTERISTIC OF DONNES POETRY

Look these terms up if you missed them. Understand how they work, and be able to identify examples (and how those examples work) from the four readings we have had. Donnes Life The role of the Oath of Supremacy Puritans Status of, and opportunities for Catholics in the 17th century What is patronage? How was Donnes patronage jeopardized by his own actions? What were the results of his marriage? Explain how/why he became Dean of St. Pauls Cathedral, if he were born Catholic. What role did his religion play in his writing? Be specific with your examples. As to his poetry, account for the following element: Relationship between God & Man Between Man & the Universe Sermons containing sexual references Love poetry containing theology terms UNCONVENTIONAL COMPARISONS & THOUGHTS ABOUT STANDARD SUBJECTS! Where do you see these IN THE POEMS YOU READ? How does Donnes method of persuasion change throughout the stanzas of The Flea? How does Donnes tone toward either a flea or his lover change in each stanza? How does he mix religious and sexual language in the poem? Where is DISCORDIA CONCOURS found in the poem?

How does Donne use figurative language or DISCORDIA CONCOURS in Valediction: Forbidding Mourning? What are the major uses of figurative language in Meditation 17? Why should we not ask for whom the bell tolls? What would Donnes answer be? Explain the role of Death in Sonnet 10. What is Donnes message in that poem, and how does he use figurative language to achieve that message?

John Milton know the octave, sestet, rhyme scheme, as well as the problem, solution, central theme, and major similes/metaphors of the poems How soon hath Time When I consider how my light is spent On the late massacre in Piedmont The Waldensians who were they? Why did Milton care? How does he blame the Catholic Church for their deaths? Rationale for their massacre? Katherine Phillips Upon the Double Murder of King Charles How is King Charles murder TWICE? How does Phillips use metaphor/simile/conceit? Elizabeth I Who is she, and how did her death spell disaster for Catholic poets like John Donne? How did her death set up civil war? James I Absolutism, Stewart Dynasty Divine Right What is it, and how does it fit into the Great Chain of Being? What analogy did James I use to justify the Divine Right of Kings? Charles I How did he destabilize the country, and what was the result not just politically, but also for literature? How was the political turmoil of the time reflected in the literature?