ENGL124 Lecture 3: ENGL124 - Intro to Poetry (week 3) + 17th Century (Metaphysical Poets)
11 Feb 2012
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Frequent variation is introduced within lines to avoid potential monotony & emphasize particular words/ideas ex. And every day, for food or play near (/slant/off/imperfect/oblique) rhymes: Rhyme that approximates rather than exactly repeating sound: ex. bridge, hedge; still, wheel; tucker, supper eye/sight rhymes: Words spelled similarly but pronounced dif. stanza grouping of lines couplet 2 rhyming lines tercet 3 line stanza triplet all 3 lines rhyme together quatrain 4 line stanza quintet sestet septet octave. Italian/petrarchan sonnet 14 line, iambic pent. , usually abba abba cdecde. English/shakespearean sonnet iambic pent. , abab cdcd efef gg\ Miltonic sonnet follows italian form, but no pause after octave. Appointed by private secretary to sir thomas egerton, Secretly married sir thomas s 17 year old niece. When this became public, hope of further promotion in that household = ruined. Was appointed dean of st. paul s cathedral, london, in 1621. Now recognized as one of the greatest english love poets.
