To My Excellent Lucasia, on Our Friendship by Katherine Philips (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Katherine Philips's pen name
Katherine Philips's pen name
Orinda
Lucasia's real name
Lucasia's real name
Anne Owen
Period when poem was written
Period when poem was written
Mid-17th century
Rhyme scheme
Rhyme scheme
ABABCDCD
Metre used
Metre used
Iambic pentameter
Number of stanzas and lines per stanza
Number of stanzas and lines per stanza
Three stanzas, eight lines each
Central theme
Central theme
Platonic friendship
'Watch by art is wound' metaphor meaning
'Watch by art is wound' metaphor meaning
Mechanical existence before friendship
'Crowned my felicity' meaning
'Crowned my felicity' meaning
Completed/perfected her happiness
'Flames' in stanza 6 symbolise
'Flames' in stanza 6 symbolise
Their friendship