Monday, April 15, 2019

John Donne and Alexander Pope's Poetry&Works

 John Donne and Alexander Pope's Poetry&Works
  • Heroic couplet was first used by Geoffrey Chaucer in the legend of Women.Other says John Dryden and Alexander Pope.
  • Donne was born in 572.
  • Donne was married Mary Shadwell.
  • The term first Metaphysical applied to poetry by Dr Johnson.
  • "Of The Progress of the Soul" is a Satire.

  • Donne regions poetry was written after 1610.
  • The main feature of Donne's poetry is wit and Obsecurity.
  • Richard Crashaw,Henry Vaughan and Cowley are the metaphysical poets.
  • The Cavalier poets deals with love and War.
  • 1660-1700 was the restoration period.

  • An essay in criticism is written in Heroic Couplet.
  • The rape of the lock was first published in 1712.
  • There are five cantos in the rape of the lock.
  • Valediction for bidding mourning Donne proves that lovers should not mourn at time of parting.
  • The Dunciad and the Ode on St Cecill day are  written by Pope.
  • Mock heroic is poem that uses epic structure and the subject is mean and trivial.


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