The English Literature of the 17th Century

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1、TheEnglishLiteratureofthe17thCenturyTheHistoricalBackground:1.TheEnglishRevolution2.TheRestorationMetaphysicalPoets玄学派metaphysicalpoets,thenamegiventoadiversegroupof17th‐centuryEnglishpoetswhoseworkisnotableforitsingenioususeofintellectualandtheologicalconceptsinsurprisingco

2、nceits,strangeparadoxes,andfar‐fetchedimagery.JohnDonne(1572–1631)themostoutstandingoftheEnglishMetaphysicalPoetsandachurchmanfamousforhisspellbindingsermons.SongsandSonnetsItconsistsofhislovepoems.Donne’slovelyricsmaybeclassifiedintothetwogroups.Thepoemsofonegroupthattakesa

3、negativeattitudetowardlove,andthosethattakeapositiveattitudeoflove.DevotionsuponEmergentOccasionsItconsistsofhissacredversesTheFlea跳蚤Thepoemconsistsofthethreestanzas,eachwiththerimescheme,aabbccdddAndrewMarvell(1621—1678)HewasanEnglishmetaphysicalpoet,thesonofaChurchofEnglan

4、dclergyman.HeisassociatedwithJohnDonneandGeorgeHerbert.HewasacolleagueandfriendofJohnMilton.ToHisCoyMistress致他娇羞的女友Thepoemiswritteniniambictetrameter,andrhymesincouplets.ThemecarpediemseizethedayCavalierPoets保皇派Anotherschoolofpoetryprevailinginthe17thcentury.Mostofthesepoets

5、werecourtiersandsoldiers.Theysidedwiththekingtofightagainsttherevolution.Inpoetrytheymainlywrotelovelyricsandshortsongsontheflittingjoysoftheday.RobertHerrick(1591—1674)Hewasacavalierpoet,sonofaprosperousLondongoldsmith.TotheVirgins,toMakeMuchofTime劝少女利用好时光StructureThispoemi

6、swritteninfourquatrainsofiambictetrameteralternatingwithiambictrimeter.Therhymeschemeisabab.劝君莫惜金缕衣，劝君惜取少年时。花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。