ENG 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Trochaic Tetrameter, To His Coy Mistress, Iambic Tetrameter
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Very sexual - details of female body and eroticism. Never misses a meter - very precise. Fell in love with english - folk traditions. To a vine not into a vine to keep the meter. Emphasis on the a in lucia to keep the perfect rhyme. Various descriptions of body parts (thighs, temple, legs, buttocks, etc) Celebrates disorder - poem is in perfect order however. To the virgins, to make much of time. Common ballad meter (separated between 3 and 4 lines) If you accept the rst two you must accept the conclusion. Allegorical reference to the food and conversion of the jews. Man has assumed the role of god in the world. Man is guilty of pride and luxury - materialism. Emphasis on things that are simple and pure. Feed on things that are not natural. Man cannot keep their hands off of nature. Relationship between cutting down the world with a mower cutting down grass.
