Englist 12 Unit 4 themes and quotes
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English Literature 12 (A Beka)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Shall I, Wasting in Despair | Speaks of a lovely woman who doesn't act lovely toward the poet; the poet than says that he shouldn't care how great she is if she is not great toward him; we get the impression he does care though; she is beautiful, virtuous, kind, and wealthy according to the poet |
| The Argument of His Book | Poet speaks of many youthful joys, and just a bit of spirituality |
| Delight in Disorder | Poet says idiosyncrasies are more attractive than precise art; carefree is favored over formality |
| Counsel to Girls | Poet encourages girls to marry young and enjoy it rather than wait and forever regret |
| His Prayer for Absolution | Poet who asks God to disregard anything that does not glorify Him; says that work that is worthy of God's benediction is the best of all his work |
| To God, on His Sickness | Poet says that even when death is near, his confident that God will save him |
| No Coming to God without Christ | Poet says that Christ helps him approach God without fear |
| The White Island: or Place of the Blest | Poet talks about Heaven in contrast to this world (Isle of Dreams); seems to think that heaven isn't perfect |
| The Constant Lover | Poet talks about the wonderfulness of constant love, but apparently lives by just the opposite |
| Counsel to Girls | Gather ye rosebuds while ye may/Old Time is still a-flying |
| To Lucasta, Going to the Wars | I could not love thee, dear, so much/Loved I not honor more |
| To Althea, From Prison | Stone walls do not a prison make/Nor iron bars a cage |
| The Anniversary | All other things to their destruction draw/Only our love hath no decay |
| The Anniversary | When bodies to their graves, souls from their graves remove |
| Meditation XVII | No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent of the main. |
| The 23rd Psalme | The God of love my shepherd is |
| The World | I saw Eternity the other night/Like a great ring of pure and endless light |
| Peace | My soul, there is a country/Far beyond the stars/Where stands a wingèd sentry/All skillful in the wars |
| Friends Departed | They are all gone into the world of light! |
| Wonder | How like an angel came I down! |
| Wonder | For me they all to wear them seemed/When I was born |
| Verses from the Shepherd's Hymn | At last, in fire of Thy fair eyes/Ourselves become our own best sacrifice! |
| Song: On May Morning | Mirth and youth and warm desire! |
| On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three | How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth/Stol'n on his wing my three and twentieth year! |
| Paradise Lost | Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe/ With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/ Restore us, and regain the blissful seat |
| To Lucasta, Going to the Wars | Poet addresses his love and tells her that he must chase his new ''mistress'' war and that without doing his duty, he could not love her |
| To Althea, from Prison | Poet addresses love and tells her that although he is imprisoned, he still is free in love, free to support his comrades, and entitled to his own opinions |
| Go, Lovely Rose! | Poet sends a rose to his love to show her that beauty isn't eternal and unfortunately not always admired, so she should stop being shy and enjoy the attention she is given |
| Of the Last Verses in the Book | Poet says that although he could physically see when he was young, he now see spiritually |
| The Bait | A poetic response to Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd to Love that talks about his love as a bait (says fish swim around her when she walks in water) |
| The Anniversary | Says he wants to live 60 years with his wife and then some after they reunite in heaven |
| A Hymn to God the Father | Asks God if he will forgive his repeated sins and his negative influence on others |
| Death Be Not Proud | Says death is just a short sleep and that death will die |
| Renunciation | Talks about the end of his life ''play's last scene'' and going to heaven |
| Meditation XVII | Says that every Christian is connected and that helping another can help oneself be saved |
| A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning | Compares his relationship with his wife to a compass |
| Ana-(Mary/Army)-Gram | How well her name an Army doth present/In whom the Lord of Hosts did pitch his tent! |
| Antiphon | Type of church song; tells people to praise the Lord |
| The 23rd Psalme | Talks about the Lord and his tender love for the poet |
| Bitter-Sweet | Poet talks about a firm Lord who punishes because he loves |
| Love | Talks about Love and feeling guilt when meeting Love |
| The Pulley | Says God uses peace as an incentive for men be pulled to God |
| Discipline | Beseeches God to use Love instead of wrath |
| The Collar | Talks about a priest who is ''fed up'' and who wants to give up, but who is called back by God |
| The World | Poet speaks of a doting lover, a darksome statesman, a fearful miser and a downright epicure |
| Peace | Talks about God being peace |
| Friends Departed | Talks about seeing glances of heaven and hopes to either see clearly or go to heaven to be reunited with those he knew |
| Wonder | Talks about the conversion experience |
| News | Talks about receiving news from a foreign land (Heaven) |
| On Christmas Day | Talks about Christ's birth |
| An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife | Speaks of a couple who will reunite in heaven |
| Verses from the Shepherd's Hymn | Speaks of God in various forms as a savior |
| Now | Talks about future, present, and past |
| Song: On May Morning | Talks about the sun and the month of May |
| On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three | Says that time passes too quickly and that he has not accomplished much |
| On the Late Massacre in Piedmont | Poet voices his indignation at the atrocities which occurred to the Waldensians, a group of dedicated Protestants living in Piedmont, Iral. When the Duke of Savoy demanded that they become Catholics or leave the country immediately, they refused and were consequentially murdered |
| On His Blindness | Talks about being blind |
| In Defense of Boks | An excerpt from Areopagitica; says that destroying books is like killing people; argues for the freedom of the press |
| On Paradise Lost | A review of paradise lost |
| The Court of Mab | the court of the queen of the fairies |
| collar | broadly refers to the restraints necessary in living a spiritual life; used as a symbol of submission and suggests the clerical collar which identifies a priest |
| ring | symbol for Heaven |
| mole | a Catholic |
| fabulous dragon's teeth | a reference from a Greek myth in which Cadmus planted a dragon's teeth after slaying the dragon. When the teeth sprang from the ground, they were in the form of armed men who continually killed each other. Eventually, only five remained, and with their help Cadmus built the city of thebes |
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