Batter my heart (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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What are the two phases of Donne's poetic output?
What are the two phases of Donne's poetic output?
Youth/marriage and later life after his wife's death.
What characterizes Donne's early poetry themes?
What characterizes Donne's early poetry themes?
Focus on love, desire, and spiritual exploration.
How is Donne's second phase characterized?
How is Donne's second phase characterized?
Focus on religion and doubt after his ordination.
Which sonnets belong to Donne's second phase?
Which sonnets belong to Donne's second phase?
'Batter my heart', 'At the round earth's imagined corners'.
What is a key feature of Donne's poetry?
What is a key feature of Donne's poetry?
A continuous search for certainty in human experience.
What dramatic opening does 'Batter My Heart' feature?
What dramatic opening does 'Batter My Heart' feature?
The call to the 'three-personed God' to 'batter' his heart.
What imagery does Donne use to express his dilemma?
What imagery does Donne use to express his dilemma?
Compares himself to a 'usurped town' under siege.
How does Donne's tone change in the sestet?
How does Donne's tone change in the sestet?
Goes from violent imagery to courtly phrasing and language.
What paradox does Donne express?
What paradox does Donne express?
'Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.'
What does A.J. Smith say about Donne's poetry?
What does A.J. Smith say about Donne's poetry?
'Calculated offense to decorum in the interests of truth.'