ENGL 316 Lecture Notes - Carpe Diem, Snob, Conspicuous Consumption
5 Dec 2012
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Think of the verse forms (what kinds of rhyme, what does it sound like, why"s it used?) Focus quickly in your reading: find what"s important and why it"s important. Focus on the lines given: don"t generalize! You have to know all the types of rhyme scheme and when they"re used and by whom they"re used. Think of larger themes and patterns and imagery. Where is he likely to draw his images from? water, wind/air/breath as inspiration, flowers, etc. Work on 2 levels: focus on the details and keep in mind larger patterns. When the forces that are to rescue the lady get together, they spend a lot of time talking, and so they miss a lot of opportunities. Perhaps they are metamorphosing as well, like comus. In a conventional masque, you move from the disorderly forest from the orderly court: in this masque, Milton subverts this by making comus" court into the area of disorder.
