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Elements of Cavalier Poetry
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Cavalier Poets Wrote About...
Cavalier Poets
- love lyrics addressed to mistresses with fanciful names like Anthea, Althea, Lucasta, or Amarantha
- sarcastic commentaries on the pursuit of coy beauties (girls playing hard to get)
- of war, honour, and their duty to the king.
- carpe diem poems
- wished to entertain more than instruct
- used a conversational tone (seemingly less formal)
- still maintained structured stanzas
- used rythmic patterns
- used simple but elegant language
- used conceits- extended metaphor or simile where an idea is compared to something else, often stretching logic.
Carpe Diem
car·pe di·em noun \ˈkär-pe-ˈdē-ˌem, -ˈdī-, -əm\
Definition of CARPE DIEM
: the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future
Latin for "Sieze the day" or "pluck the day"
Journal
"Carpe Diem"
"To the Virgins, to make Much of Time"
As you begin the last part of your senior year, can you think of a moment that seemed to slip by quickly? Have the years flown by as you look back at your time in school?
Read the poem
after each stanza, write what Herrick is saying in your own words.
Answer questions 1-4, 7, 8, and 10.
Cavalier Poets
Cavalier Poets
Carpe Diem Poems
- Ancient Roman Horace first made famous
- Carpe Diem is a recurring motif (element) in literature
- 16th and 17th century lyric poets used the idea
- they emphasized the shortness of life in order to persuade a young woman in matters of love
- they encouraged women to enjoy their youth and beauty...while they had it.
Cavalier poet, any of a group of English gentlemen poets, called Cavaliers because of their loyalty to Charles I (1625–49) during the English Civil Wars,
witty writers and conversationalists in the court of King Charles I
Important Cavalier Poets
- Robert Herrick
- Sir John Suckling
- Richard Lovelace
They were also cavaliers in their style of life and counted the writing of polished and elegant lyrics as only one of their many accomplishments as soldiers, courtiers, gallants, and wits.