The Big Picture Pre-1900 love poetry from the
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slide1. The Big Picture Pre-1900 love poetry from the anthology<br>
slide2. The Big Picture Poetry = Section B of Paper 2
45 minutes
The poem is provided
1 question<br>
slide3. John Wilmot ‘A Song (Absent from thee)’ L.O to understand the context of the poem
To develop analysis of the poem
To be able to plan for an essay
To be able to write the essay<br>
slide4. Success Criteria To be successful, you need to:
Be able to see the typicality of the poem in relation to love poetry of that time and in general, e.g. restoration poetry being often a reaction to the puritan interregnum, to love and religion conventionally featuring in poetry
Respond to the debate set up in the question (this does NOT mean that you have to argue both sides )
Write about form, structure and language but only about things you understand!!
demonstrate an understanding of context in relation to the poem without ‘bolting it on’<br>
slide5. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1647 - 1680
Most people have heard of him through the Johnny Depp film, ‘The Libertine’<br>
slide6. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester He lived a fairly short life and was only 33 when he died. He was called ‘the wickedest man in England’.<br>
slide7. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Part of Charles II’s court restored to the throne in 1660 after the interregnum and following a period of puritan enforcement in England.<br>
slide8. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Rochester was very close to the King and leader of the ‘merry gang’ who were notorious for their outrageous public behaviour. He was a drunk and sexually very active.<br>
slide9. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester However, Marvell said of him that he ‘had the true veine of satyre.’ He may have been a friend of the king but he also mocked him. Voltaire said that, ‘Tout le monde connoit de reputation le Comte de Rochester.’ (Everyone knows the reputation of Rochester)<br>
slide10. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester He is considered the last and the best of the cavalier poets. He was clever, witty, handsome but financially secure. He abducted an heiress (who he actually went on to marry).<br>
slide11. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester While his work is often judged as pornographic (though there must be questions of the authenticity of some work), he is also often considered a ‘great love poet’.<br>
slide12. John Wilmot Earl of Rochester ‘Song…’ Remember - Cavalier poets tended to:
Write to praise a friend/fellow poet
Give advice in grief or love
Define a relationship
Articulate the amount of attention a man owes a woman
To celebrate beauty
To persuade to love<br>
slide13. To His Coy Mistress Absent from thee I languish still,
Then ask me not, when I return?
The straying Fool ‘twill plainly kill,
To wish all Day, all Night to Mourn.
Dear, from thine Arms then let me flie,
That my Fantastick mind may prove,
The Torments it deserves to try,
That tears my fixt Heart from my Love.
When wearied with a world of Woe,
To thy safe Bosom I retire
Where Love and Peace and Truth does flow,
May I contented there expire.
Lest once more wandring from that Heav’n
I fall on some base heart unblest;
Faithless to thee, False, unforgiv’n,
And lose my Everlasting rest.<br>
slide14. Song….. Now consider the form/structure:
It’s a standard form for a Restoration song
In iambic tetrameter in quatrains which are rhymed ABAB
Quite a simple form typical of a song<br>
slide15. Song…. The audience would be mostly male, aristocratic and part of the king’s court.
Would modern audiences read this poem differently? Might we be offended or shocked?
Is there sincerity here or not?<br>
slide16. Song… Iambic tetrameter? Remember it from other poems? How is this maths minded? You’re exploring patterns; this is maths minded <br>
slide17. Song… Iambic tetrameter?
Break it down – tetra?<br>
slide18. Song…. Remember - an iambic foot is a pair of syllables where the first one is unstressed, the second stressed.
Tetrameter means there are 4 iambic feet in each line<br>
slide19. Song…. How many syllables in a line of iambic pentameter?
How many syllables in a line of iambic tetrameter?<br>
slide20. Song…. Identify the iambic tetrameter in the poem.
What is the effect of using this rhythm?
AO2 Think of analysing the writer’s methods – really important!<br>
slide21. Analysis Probably written during the restoration
Cavalier poem
Self-interested love?
Selfish love?
Sexual love?
Sincere?<br>
slide22. Analysis Absent from thee I languish still,
Then ask me not, when I return?
The straying Fool ‘twill plainly kill,
To wish all Day, all Night to Mourn. This is an erotic poem in places with also elements of religious language. Would it shock an audience to hear the two together? It would be harmful to keep longing First person speaker – no voice from the addressee
Language can feel a bit clichéd and almost hymn like Suggests that he has strayed or been unfaithful A Song (Absent from thee) When away from the addressee, the speaker ‘languish[es]’<br>
slide23. Analysis Dear, from thine Arms then let me flie,
That my Fantastick mind may prove,
The Torments it deserves to try,
That tears my fixt Heart from my Love. Dear is italicised - for emphasis? This is a strange one – ‘fantastic’ suggests some fantasies – disturbing as we wonder what fantasies.
‘Torments it deserves to try’ – is this sado-masochism? What kind of love is this? Similar to ‘The Scrutiny’ – suggesting that he is forced by some compulsion to leave the woman he loves.
‘tears’ = violence Must leave her arms<br>
slide24. Analysis When wearied with a world of Woe,
To thy safe Bosom I retire
Where Love and Peace and Truth does flow,
May I contented there expire. Alliteration to excess here – start to question is he mocking? Die in her arms against bosom – very religious or again excessive Like the holy trinity – again bringing religion in Religious? The bosom of Christ/God? However, he was not religious and often made fun of this….do we take him seriously, especially when coupled with the excessive alliteration in line 1.<br>
slide25. Analysis Lest once more wandring from that Heav’n
I fall on some base heart unblest;
Faithless to thee, False, unforgiv’n,
And lose my Everlasting rest. The metaphor of heaven applied to her His faithlessness of the previous line will result in his losing heaven/her. ‘base’ means awful, lowest Fricatives used here but to emphasise what?<br>
slide26. Types of love Selfish?
Sexual?
Light-hearted?
Free?
mocking?
Lust?<br>
slide27. Question Examine the view that Wilmot presents the speaker in this poem as having a
lustful attitude towards love.
Discuss the question on your tables and consider how you would respond.!
Make notes<br>
slide28. Absent from thee… Exit Pass
Tell each other 3 things you have learned today<br>
slide2. The Big Picture Poetry = Section B of Paper 2
45 minutes
The poem is provided
1 question<br>
slide3. John Wilmot ‘A Song (Absent from thee)’ L.O to understand the context of the poem
To develop analysis of the poem
To be able to plan for an essay
To be able to write the essay<br>
slide4. Success Criteria To be successful, you need to:
Be able to see the typicality of the poem in relation to love poetry of that time and in general, e.g. restoration poetry being often a reaction to the puritan interregnum, to love and religion conventionally featuring in poetry
Respond to the debate set up in the question (this does NOT mean that you have to argue both sides )
Write about form, structure and language but only about things you understand!!
demonstrate an understanding of context in relation to the poem without ‘bolting it on’<br>
slide5. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1647 - 1680
Most people have heard of him through the Johnny Depp film, ‘The Libertine’<br>
slide6. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester He lived a fairly short life and was only 33 when he died. He was called ‘the wickedest man in England’.<br>
slide7. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Part of Charles II’s court restored to the throne in 1660 after the interregnum and following a period of puritan enforcement in England.<br>
slide8. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Rochester was very close to the King and leader of the ‘merry gang’ who were notorious for their outrageous public behaviour. He was a drunk and sexually very active.<br>
slide9. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester However, Marvell said of him that he ‘had the true veine of satyre.’ He may have been a friend of the king but he also mocked him. Voltaire said that, ‘Tout le monde connoit de reputation le Comte de Rochester.’ (Everyone knows the reputation of Rochester)<br>
slide10. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester He is considered the last and the best of the cavalier poets. He was clever, witty, handsome but financially secure. He abducted an heiress (who he actually went on to marry).<br>
slide11. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester While his work is often judged as pornographic (though there must be questions of the authenticity of some work), he is also often considered a ‘great love poet’.<br>
slide12. John Wilmot Earl of Rochester ‘Song…’ Remember - Cavalier poets tended to:
Write to praise a friend/fellow poet
Give advice in grief or love
Define a relationship
Articulate the amount of attention a man owes a woman
To celebrate beauty
To persuade to love<br>
slide13. To His Coy Mistress Absent from thee I languish still,
Then ask me not, when I return?
The straying Fool ‘twill plainly kill,
To wish all Day, all Night to Mourn.
Dear, from thine Arms then let me flie,
That my Fantastick mind may prove,
The Torments it deserves to try,
That tears my fixt Heart from my Love.
When wearied with a world of Woe,
To thy safe Bosom I retire
Where Love and Peace and Truth does flow,
May I contented there expire.
Lest once more wandring from that Heav’n
I fall on some base heart unblest;
Faithless to thee, False, unforgiv’n,
And lose my Everlasting rest.<br>
slide14. Song….. Now consider the form/structure:
It’s a standard form for a Restoration song
In iambic tetrameter in quatrains which are rhymed ABAB
Quite a simple form typical of a song<br>
slide15. Song…. The audience would be mostly male, aristocratic and part of the king’s court.
Would modern audiences read this poem differently? Might we be offended or shocked?
Is there sincerity here or not?<br>
slide16. Song… Iambic tetrameter? Remember it from other poems? How is this maths minded? You’re exploring patterns; this is maths minded <br>
slide17. Song… Iambic tetrameter?
Break it down – tetra?<br>
slide18. Song…. Remember - an iambic foot is a pair of syllables where the first one is unstressed, the second stressed.
Tetrameter means there are 4 iambic feet in each line<br>
slide19. Song…. How many syllables in a line of iambic pentameter?
How many syllables in a line of iambic tetrameter?<br>
slide20. Song…. Identify the iambic tetrameter in the poem.
What is the effect of using this rhythm?
AO2 Think of analysing the writer’s methods – really important!<br>
slide21. Analysis Probably written during the restoration
Cavalier poem
Self-interested love?
Selfish love?
Sexual love?
Sincere?<br>
slide22. Analysis Absent from thee I languish still,
Then ask me not, when I return?
The straying Fool ‘twill plainly kill,
To wish all Day, all Night to Mourn. This is an erotic poem in places with also elements of religious language. Would it shock an audience to hear the two together? It would be harmful to keep longing First person speaker – no voice from the addressee
Language can feel a bit clichéd and almost hymn like Suggests that he has strayed or been unfaithful A Song (Absent from thee) When away from the addressee, the speaker ‘languish[es]’<br>
slide23. Analysis Dear, from thine Arms then let me flie,
That my Fantastick mind may prove,
The Torments it deserves to try,
That tears my fixt Heart from my Love. Dear is italicised - for emphasis? This is a strange one – ‘fantastic’ suggests some fantasies – disturbing as we wonder what fantasies.
‘Torments it deserves to try’ – is this sado-masochism? What kind of love is this? Similar to ‘The Scrutiny’ – suggesting that he is forced by some compulsion to leave the woman he loves.
‘tears’ = violence Must leave her arms<br>
slide24. Analysis When wearied with a world of Woe,
To thy safe Bosom I retire
Where Love and Peace and Truth does flow,
May I contented there expire. Alliteration to excess here – start to question is he mocking? Die in her arms against bosom – very religious or again excessive Like the holy trinity – again bringing religion in Religious? The bosom of Christ/God? However, he was not religious and often made fun of this….do we take him seriously, especially when coupled with the excessive alliteration in line 1.<br>
slide25. Analysis Lest once more wandring from that Heav’n
I fall on some base heart unblest;
Faithless to thee, False, unforgiv’n,
And lose my Everlasting rest. The metaphor of heaven applied to her His faithlessness of the previous line will result in his losing heaven/her. ‘base’ means awful, lowest Fricatives used here but to emphasise what?<br>
slide26. Types of love Selfish?
Sexual?
Light-hearted?
Free?
mocking?
Lust?<br>
slide27. Question Examine the view that Wilmot presents the speaker in this poem as having a
lustful attitude towards love.
Discuss the question on your tables and consider how you would respond.!
Make notes<br>
slide28. Absent from thee… Exit Pass
Tell each other 3 things you have learned today<br>