Sir John Suckling (1609 – 1642) Richard Lovelace (1618 – 1657)

Civil War ( )  Religious turmoil boiling  Charles I Cracks down on organized religious protest Met with violent protest Tries to rule without Parliament  War breaks out

Who would you want fighting for you? RoyalistsProtectorate

War. Huh. What is it good for? RoyalistsProtectorate  Fought for monarch  100 member Cavalier army Cavalier – Old French, means groom, holster Wealthy, gentry families Carefree, long-haired, reckless youth Scarlet coats, white doublets, fancy pants  Fought for Parliament  Led by Oliver Cromwell & the “Roundheads” Fierce fighters Believed they fought for God’s vengeance

Results  Charles loses, imprisoned, and beheaded.  Protectorate ruled.

Two Poets SucklingLovelace

Two Poets SucklingLovelace  Member of Charles’ court  Known as a gambler  Tried to rescue royalist army from Tower of London  Fled to Paris, died poor shortly after  Poetry is natural, easy  Wealthy family  Good looking, elegant  Studied at Oxford  Imprisoned in Tower of London  Died poor at 39  Poetry is more serious.  Both poets are witty, charming, graceful

John Milton (1608 – 1674)  Considered one of the greats  Staunch Puritan Felt that even the Church of England had too many barriers to God Wrote pamphlets in support of Puritan cause – sided with Protectorate ○ Jailed and nearly executed after the Restoration of the crown  Wrote epic Paradise Lost while blind after release from prison.

Paradise Lost  Epic: A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated Classical: Biblical  In Medias Ras: A technique of plunging into the middle of a story and only later using a flashback to tell what has happened previously.  Invocation: A call to a muse, god, or spirit for inspiration at the beginning of an epic.  Masque: An elaborate and spectacular dramatic entertainment popular among the English aristocracy in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Made use of songs, dances, colorful costumes, and stage effects.

Assignment today  Your group will be assigned a poem Johnson, Herrick, Suckling, or Lovelace  Before you get in your groups: Read your assigned poem academically ○ Read it straight through ○ Use writing to think ○ Look for any patterns Get into your groups and read it once again together ○ Continue to discuss speaker, form, and function  With your group, grab a piece of butcher paper and make a visual representation of your assigned poem. Your image may focus on: the main idea Theme Imagery mood tone etc.  Label your image with specific references (line number) to the poem. We will present tomorrow