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Take a look at this poem by Ben Jonson entitled "On My First Daughter". It was not unusual for a child to die before reaching its second birthday. A common cold or case of measles or any other childhood illness today could prove deadly 400 years ago - with that period's lack of antibiotics, penicillin, lack of hygiene and good nutrition.
ON MY DAUGHTER
Here lies, to each her parents' ruth*,
Mary, the daughter of their youth;
Yet all heaven's gifts being heaven's due,
It makes the father less to rue.*
At six months' end she parted hence
With safety of her innocence;
Whose soul heaven's queen, whose name she bears,
In comfort of her mother's tears,
Hath placed amongst her virgin-train:
Where, while that severed doth remain,
This grave partakes the fleshly birth;
Which cover lightly, gentle earth!
*ruth means grief
*rue means remorse
1. What meter is this written in?
2. What is the rhyme scheme?
1. What realization helps the father deal better with his grief?
2. What comfort is offered the mother?
3. Despite the belief that the soul is now residing in Heaven, the last line of the poem deals with the shell of the body on earth. Why does Jonson end his poem focusing on the body?
Next, please read Andrew Marvell's biography and the poem, "To His Coy Mistress" (pages 288 - 290). Please pay particular attention to "Reader's Note" on page 290.
After reading "To His Coy Mistress" please turn to page 291 and answer all four questions: question 1 under "UNDERSTANDING"; questions 2 and 3 under "ANALYZING" and question 4 under "Extending".
Next, please read John Donne's biography on page 278 and read the following:
"Song", page 279
"The Bait", page 280
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", pages 280 - 281; plus "Reader's Note", page 281
"Meditation 17", page 283 - 284.
Please answer the questions on page 284 - 285 on the above poems. You may e-mail me your answers at jkatbridge@aol.com.
You should be finished with FRANKENSTEIN and well into CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Don't forget about your short forms for both.
Take a look at this poem by Ben Jonson entitled "On My First Daughter". It was not unusual for a child to die before reaching its second birthday. A common cold or case of measles or any other childhood illness today could prove deadly 400 years ago - with that period's lack of antibiotics, penicillin, lack of hygiene and good nutrition.
ON MY DAUGHTER
Here lies, to each her parents' ruth*,
Mary, the daughter of their youth;
Yet all heaven's gifts being heaven's due,
It makes the father less to rue.*
At six months' end she parted hence
With safety of her innocence;
Whose soul heaven's queen, whose name she bears,
In comfort of her mother's tears,
Hath placed amongst her virgin-train:
Where, while that severed doth remain,
This grave partakes the fleshly birth;
Which cover lightly, gentle earth!
*ruth means grief
*rue means remorse
1. What meter is this written in?
2. What is the rhyme scheme?
1. What realization helps the father deal better with his grief?
2. What comfort is offered the mother?
3. Despite the belief that the soul is now residing in Heaven, the last line of the poem deals with the shell of the body on earth. Why does Jonson end his poem focusing on the body?
Next, please read Andrew Marvell's biography and the poem, "To His Coy Mistress" (pages 288 - 290). Please pay particular attention to "Reader's Note" on page 290.
After reading "To His Coy Mistress" please turn to page 291 and answer all four questions: question 1 under "UNDERSTANDING"; questions 2 and 3 under "ANALYZING" and question 4 under "Extending".
Next, please read John Donne's biography on page 278 and read the following:
"Song", page 279
"The Bait", page 280
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", pages 280 - 281; plus "Reader's Note", page 281
"Meditation 17", page 283 - 284.
Please answer the questions on page 284 - 285 on the above poems. You may e-mail me your answers at jkatbridge@aol.com.
You should be finished with FRANKENSTEIN and well into CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Don't forget about your short forms for both.
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