English 1022E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Petrarchan Sonnet, Quatrain, Gothic Revival Architecture
6 Mar 2015
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Descartes (cartesian) cogito ergo sum = i think, therefore i am. No room in this philosophy for idiosyncrasy, imagination. Sonnet off limits, doesn"t fit into the neoclassical symmetry shakesperean sonnet not good vehicle for rationalistic/neoclassical thought. 1592 wordsworth: composed upon westminster bridge september 3, 1802. Form abba abba cdc dcd imbalanced, like petrarchan rhyme not entirely accurate in the octave but wordsworth doesn"t care totally gets slapped for it. Powerful first line insistent that london is most beautiful thing, could be argued but he insists. No fog or pollution lines 4 and 5. Glittering remember from the paper note on tuesday nov 11, 2014. Moment of departing london to go to france, he has a rush of patriotism, a rush of feeling about london and emerging british empire. Gendering of the landscape = city is female: wears a garment, it is open. 1884 keats: when i have fears that i my cease to be.
