AUGUSTANERA

Noriene de GuzmanArvienne LiwanagAngelica Vitalich

You are a poet and you are writing a poem

about love, death, nature, or religion. Write a brief summary of what the poem would be about.

Identify the satire

“As sweet as sugar” “Art is a jealous

mistress. Money is a bad master.”

“I am so thirsty, that my throat is as dry as a bone.”

“I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here.”

“The beautiful child was the center of attention, with his golden curls and tuna fish complexion.”

“I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”

“My pimple is so big, you could see it from pluto”

Careful when you talk; around here, even the walls have ears.

The era lasted from the Restoration Era (1660) to the death

of Alexander Pope (1744) Inherent the early forms of prose narrative Did not fit into a literary era, which defined itself as

‘neoclassic’ Wanted poetry become more mannered, political and

satirical than in the Julius Caesar era Believed poetry consisting of ‘nature’ is the true model of

writing Satire Melodrama Religious

What is the Augustan Era?

Neoclassicism- rational and comprehensible

moral order in the universe, demonstrating God’s providential design

Empiricism- philosophy to prove scientific concepts based on the evidence and discovery in experiments

Human Frailty- display human weaknesses

Messages

John Dryden

Greatest English Poets during the 17th Century.

Wealthy Puritan family who supported the Puritan cause and Parliament

Elizabeth I rule enforced royalism and Anglicanism in Westminister School

Trained in the art of rhetoric and present arguments for both sides of an issue

Uses monarchy as metaphors Instead of joining the aristocracy, he

became a public writer for a living.

Marriage A-La-Mode

Why should a foolish marriage vow,Which long ago was made,Oblige us to each other nowWhen passion is decay'd?We lov'd, and we lov'd, as long as we could,Till our love was lov'd out in us both:But our marriage is dead, when the pleasure is fled:'Twas pleasure first made it an oath.

If I have pleasures for a friend,And farther love in store,What wrong has he whose joys did end,And who could give no more?'Tis a madness that he should be jealous of me,Or that I should bar him of another:For all we can gain is to give our selves pain,When neither can hinder the other.

Title: The story of a happy marriage Paraphrase: A marriage full of youth and passion has faded

away, and the couple wanted something more on their life. Shift: The first six lines had a tone of anxiety and a love that

was gradually fading,. However, after “But our marriage…”, it demonstrates the end of a marriage and hatred.

Figurative Language: Diction, Rhyme Structure: The first paragraph tells how a marriage was dying The second paragraph tells about the couples unfaithfulness and hoe their feelings developed to become bitter. Title: The irony of a story we expected to see. A happy

marriage that will never happen.

Marriage A-La-Mode Annotations

John Gay

Born in 1665 Not the most notable English

poet Gay wrote many interesting

quality works including poems, fables, and operas.

Famous piece of work John Gay is mostly know for is his opera “The Beggar’s Opera” which he written in 1726.

He was friends with other important writers like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope.

To A Lady WHEN I some antique Jar behold, Or white, or blue, or speck'd with gold, Vessels so pure, and so refin'd Appear the types of woman-kind: Are they not valu'd for their beauty, Too fair, too fine for household duty? With flowers and gold and azure dy'd, Of ev'ry house the grace and pride? How white, how polish'd is their skin, And valu'd most when only seen! She who before was highest priz'd Is for a crack or flaw despis'd; I grant they're frail, yet they're so rare, The treasure cannot cost too dear! But Man is made of coarser stuff, And serves convenience well enough; He's a strong earthen vessel made, For drudging, labour, toil and trade; And when wives lose their other self, With ease they bear the loss of Delf.

To a Lady Annotations

A letter of affection to a lady who loves China Jars.

John Gay describes a lady named Laura who has a passion for China Jars. Something that is delicate, frail, and fragile. She has chosen it over a man like him of eathen vessel which he thinks is stronger and much worthier than the China Jar she loves.

The tone of the poem is more of lust towards woman. It is how John Gay feels a rivalry with a China Jar for a woman’s affection. But at the same time Gay describes Laura as a “desire”.

Figurative Language: Rhyme and Metaphor to portray Laura as a beautiful woman who is desired by men. She is refined and delicate just like the China Jar.

The mood sets jealousy. Gay’s jealousy towards the Laura giving the China Jar all her attention instead of giving it to him.

The first stanza depicts Gay’s enthrallment of Laura’s beauty and obsession of China Jars.

The first stanza depicts Gay’s enthrallment of Laura’s beauty and obsession of China Jars.

But to the mid-way of the poem he talks about his jealousy and desire for Laura and in the end John Gay warns Laura about his fading beauty of rather than loving a vessel of emptiness she should love a man instead.

Alexander Pope

One of the poets that caused Augustan poetry to become popular.

an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and famous for his use of the heroic couplet.

mostly educated himself by reading the works of classical writers such as the satirists (Horace and Homer) as well as English authors (William Shakespeare and John Dryden)

He read works by English, French, Italian, Latin, and Greek poets.

The Rape of the Lock- his most influential and popular poem. It's satire.

Weeping

While Celia's Tears make sorrow bright,Proud Grief sits swelling in her eyes;The Sun, next those the fairest light,Thus from the Ocean first did rise:And thus thro' Mists we see the Sun, Which else we durst not gaze upon. 

These silver drops, like morning dew,Foretell the fervour of the day:So from one Cloud soft show'rs we view,And blasting lightnings burst away.The Stars that fall from Celia's eyeDeclare our Doom in drawing nigh.

The Baby in that sunny SphereSo like a Phaeton appears,That Heav'n, the threaten'd World to spare,Thought fit to drown him in her tears;Else might th' ambitious Nymph aspire,To set, like him, Heav'n too on fire.

Title: Crying, Sadness. Mourning someone’s death. Paraphrase: First stanza- a women named Celia is crying while the sun rises. Second stanza- a thunder storm starts from one cloud Third stanza- the Heaven gets on fire Shift: from the second to third stanza, it goes from sad to

certain doom Figurative Language:o Personification- “Proud Grief sits swelling in her eyes”

personifies Grief being proud and sitting on her eyeso Rhyme- “bright, light. Eyes,rise.” the end of the stanzas

rhyme with each other.

Weeping Annotations

o Simile- “These silver drops, like morning dew”

compares silver drops to the look of morning dewo Symbolism- “Sun” symbolized as Helios, Greek god

of the sun Attitude: Doesn’t have a specific attitude toward

the poem, because it’s a retell of a Greek mythology

Structure: Title/Theme: “Weeping” is the mourn of someone

lost. It describes the weeping of Celia or Cymene mourning over her son Phaeton, who died trying to control Helios’s chariot, that moved the sun.

Weeping Annotations prt 2

QUIZ

What Literary Device is often

used in the Augustan era?

Satire

What era did the Augustan era

began?The Restoration Era

What are the 3 messages

portrayed in this era?

NeoclassicismEmpiricism

Human Frailty

Who was the founding father of the Augustus Era?

Alexander Pope