1. The SCrutiny

2. Put the modern translation in the correct order!

3. AO3 context
Stick in your A4 copy of the modernised translation. What do Lovelace and Trump have in common?
What types of love are present in this poem?
Annotate this translation with the A03 context points on the next slide

4. AO3 Context for The Scrutiny Lovelace was a 17th century cavalier poet
Loyal to Charles I; they were known as Royalists (against Puritans)
believed in hedonism – enjoyment over morality
love is sensual and physical
rejected moral codes
not interested in religion
opportunistic
believed in carpe diem
adopted a jaunty, carefree, dismissive, arrogant tone
A reaction against the puritans who had a serious attitude to life, denounced theatre and dance as morally detrimental/ wore drab colours (Cavaliers wore colourful, velvet) / short haired (Cavaliers were long haired)

5. How would a modern reader in 2015 respond to the speaker in this poem
How would a modern reader in 2015 respond to the speaker in this poem? Would they be disgusted? Supportive? Understanding? Indignant? Why – what shapes our ideology? (way of thinking) Do you think that this is a poem expressing sincere emotions or is this a satire on the cavalier spirit intended for comic effect? Is it a dramatic monologue (from view of a fictional persona?)

6. Stanza one:
Forsworn = engaged And on line 2 he does admit that he ‘vowed to be hers’ so what is saying is different between what he ‘vowed’ and what she now expects?
Iambic tetrameter is used (conversational, measured rhythm) – why is this? E.g ‘Why should you swear I am forsworn’
This meter is inverted on line 3 with the trochee ‘Lady’ – what is the effect of this inversion? What do you make of this term of address?
What is the impact of the rhetorical question? What relationship does it set up with the implied – silent – listener?
What connotations does ‘fond’ hold in line 4? What tone is struck here?
He uses language of Christian marriage ‘vow’ swear’ – what is odd about this?
Link your understanding of the cavalier spirit to his admission of his vow’s ‘impossibility’

7. Stanza two
How does he use hyperbole when referring to the passage of time? Why?
How does he use the verb ‘loved’ ?
Why a rhetorical question?
What is the effect of the alliterative plosive consonant /t/ ‘tedious twelve hours’
Why capitalise Beauties? How does it reflect on contemporary attitudes to women?
Why the modal verb ‘must’?
What type of language is ‘rob’ and why does he use this term?
What is the impact of the regular rhyme scheme ababb and ending on a couplet?

8. Stanza 3
Why start the stanza with ‘Not’ the answer to the question posed at the end of stanza two ‘Could I still dote upon they face [if I had to give up other women and deny you the same)
How does he use hyperbole in his reference to her hair ‘all joy’ ‘may be found’
What punctuation end-stops line 12 and why?
What does the connective signal ‘but’ and the modal verb ‘must’ implies what?
How could the ‘black and fair’ be interpreted? Alternative interpretations?
Explore the simile on lines 14/5

9. Stanza 4 – the most offensive stanza? Culmination of his arrogance?
He moves into the conditional future tense – what is the effect of this?
The first person pronoun I is prominent in this stanza (and throughout the poem) what is the significance of this?
Connotations of ‘my round’?
What words suggest he is scrutinising her in line 17?
How does he refer to her in line 17?
Identify language of conquest and colonial power in line 18 – what does this suggest about him and his approach to women? How would a modern postcolonial and feminist reader respond?
What does ‘laden’ suggest about the way he perceives sexual experience?
He uses ‘sated’ meaning satisfied ( as in appetite) explore the connotations of this image

10. Word wall Dysfunctional Manipulative Non-commital Predatory
Disrespectful
Unchristian
Progressive / forward thinking
Monogamous
Polygamous
Experimental
Promiscuous
Self-serving
Manipulative
Predatory
Unromantic
Egotistical
Deceitful
Dishonest
Reductive
Carnal