| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Metaphysical Poets | name given to the complex poets of the Jacobean Age by later detractors |
| Jacobean Age | during the reign of King James I |
| conceit | extended and developed metaphor and peculiar comparisons |
| metaphysics | speculations on the basic principles governing the realms of knowledge and being. |
| apostrophe | addressing a person who is not there or addressing a thing. |
| John Donne | wrote "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" |
| Richard Lovelace | wrote "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars" |
| Andrew Marvell | wrote "To his Coy Mistress" |
| motive | courtiers showing off for one another |
| valued | cleverness over sentiment |
| allusions | referenced obscure knowledge and works |
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