Anne Bradstreet was one of the few extraordinary females who earned a place with the male writers of the seventeenth century. ... Anne Bradstreet's "The Prologue" depicts Bradstreet's opinion on the role women played in a male-ridden society during the seventeenth century and reveals her feelings about being one of the first female writers during a time where they were scarce. During the seventeenth century, the place for women was at home, in the kitchen or doing some sort of domestic work. ... Being a woman in the seventeenth century causes Bradstreet to become overly critically o...

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From the great expressionists and the literary accomplishments of 16th century English Literature a new breed of poets were born. Known as the Metaphysical Poets; English lyric poets of the 17th century had many achievements. ... These poets would often investigate the world expressing reason and passion and stressed the unification of thought and feeling; these works" discussed the entire experience of man; "The poets of the seventeenth century, the successors of the dramatists of the sixteenth, possessed a mechanism of sensibility which could devour any kind of experience (T.S. ... For Cent...

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Her writing reflects the constant struggles that she had to endure as a Puritan woman in the seventeenth century, as well as her love and devotion to her husband and children. ... A fellow poet and Puritan from the seventeenth century is Edward Taylor, who is an important and major literary figure because he is our first successful Metaphysical poet. ... Very little is known about Taylor, mainly because none of his work was discovered until two centuries after he left it at Yale College's library. ... Like Taylor, very little is known about the eighteenth century poet, Ebenezer Cook, ...

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"To His Coy Mistress by andrew marvell The central theme of this seventeenth century poem is carpe diem, or "seize the day. It is about a man who is proclaiming his love to his mistress, a shy lady who he tells to make the most of the time that they spend together. The poem can be divid...

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Parasites and Pick-Up Lines; Sophistry in John Donnes' "The Flea- Rejoice! For at long last, that humblest and most useless of insects, the bloodsucking flea, has found its' purpose in life through poetry. John Donnes' "The Flea- demonstrates that former presidents and poli...

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The seventeenth century was an era of beautiful poetry. Two poets in particular, Andrew Marvell and John Donne, wrote carpe diem poetry full of vivid imagery and metaphysical conceits. Each conveyed the message of "living for the now." This message can be clearly seen in the poems "To his Coy Mistre...

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In poems there are 3 more popular theme concepts that writers used to express a point. These three themes being Love, Death, and Time. The theme Love can be interpreted in various ways and can be linked to Time and Death. For example, the love for time and how important it is to a specific person/th...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. ... By the end of the nineteenth century the pre-industrial economy and way of life had almost disappeared. ... Before 1914, English literature and ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918, Modern begins to define the twentieth century. ... From the perspective of the end of the century, a few major names stand out as those who will probably define the 1900s – and it is easier to pick out such names from the first part of the century, than it is from the second half. ......

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John Donne was born in 1572 to a London merchant and his wife. The characteristic elements of John Donne's poetry are plentiful. Donne was the leader of a style of poetry writing called "metaphysical poetry," which was popular near the end of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century. This wri...

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JOHN DRYDEN ( 1631-1700). "Absolom and Achitopel- There was a dangerous crisis in 1670, both religious and political, which threatened to undo the Restoration settlement and to precipitate England once again into civil war. Dryden is the commanding figure of the last ...

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TASK 3 Choose three poems you find outstanding in their capacity to uplift and inspire through evoking positive emotional responses. By using a minimum of two hundred words for each describe how they achieve this effect. Introduction - Choice I am unable to continue this assignment w...

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"All Sorts of Men" Lucy Hutchinson's poem entitled "All Sorts of Men" is an instructive poem written by a respectable, well-educated woman in the middle of the seventeenth century. The persona that authors this piece is quite similar to the poet herself and may express the same views as she. T...

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