Elegy 19:
To his Mistress Going to
Bed
Objectives
To learn about the imagery and other poetic devices
used in Donne’s poetry
John Donne (1572-1631)
What impressions do you get
of the man?
What do we need to ask him?
Men and Women
Text
Sexuality and Religion
Text
Busk
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Atalanta
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The first publication
Petrarchan Sonnet
The Petrarchan sonnet (also Petrarchanism or
Petrarchian) is a verse form that typically refers
to a concept of unattainable love. It was first
developed by the Italian humanist and writer,
Francesco Petrarca. Conventionally Petrarchan
sonnets depict the addressed lady in hyperbolic
terms and present her as a model of perfection
and inspiration.
Ironically, Donne's speaker uses a blazon, or a
record of virtues and excellencies to describe his
mistress disrobing
Metaphysical Conceit
Metaphysical conceit.
Helen Gardner[2] observed that "a conceit is a
comparison whose ingenuity is more striking
than its justness" and that "a comparison
becomes a conceit when we are made to
concede likeness while being strongly conscious
of unlikeness."
Metaphorical allusion
Other techniques
Hyeberbole
Metaphorical allusion
Ambihuity
Tone and voice
Rhetorical devices
Metre.