ENGL 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sonnet 130, Sonnet 18, Dramatic Monologue
12 Jan 2015
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Notes 2: new criticism sonnet 18, 130 the flea death be not proud . Speaker works as narrator, do not confuse poet/speaker. Audience one person or many people. Metaphor: linking things and image but not necessarily presenting it as direct analogy. Conceit: late 16th/early 17th centuries, unexpected or unlikely comparison. Deliberate misleading of the reader (sonnet 130) Words are inadequate for the representation of things. Pentameter five iambs per line, 10 syllables. First 12 lines blocks of 4 lines (establish themes/problem) Romantic language commonly used doesn"t serve us unrealistic. Mocking petrarchan sonnets idealize motion of love. Treads on ground" not afloat or goddess like. Speaker seduce audience of beloved into having sex. Dramatic monologue blood mingling- not sin should have sex. Body of flea is where they have already been married. Not only parents but audience also disapproves of premarital sex. No sex before marriage, speaker says it has already happened. Habit for her to shut him down.
