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BM1 - Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature – SoSe 2008  
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* BM1 - Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature
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Part 2, Courses A – D (oder macht Katharina auch mit?)
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*SoSe 2008  
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Assignment 1
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*Part 2, Courses A – E
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Please address the following five tasks and questions. You may write up to three pages of text, according to the formatting specifications of the style sheet. Longer Assignments will not be accepted.
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*Assignment 1
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Or: Any text beyond the first three pages will be ignored.
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1. Identify the speaker, the addressee(s), the communicative situation.
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==Task==
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2. Identify the various sections of the poem and comment on the development of the theme(s) from one section to the next.
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3. Comment on metre and rhyme scheme.
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4. Find and analyse at least one metaphor in this poem and give examples of two other figures of speech from the poem.
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5. Briefly comment on the sonnet in relation to the other poems you have dealt with.
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Sonnet II.
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Please address the following five tasks and questions. You may write up to three pages of text, according to the formatting specifications of the style sheet. Any text beyond the first three pages will be ignored.  
  
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  Oh happie houre, and yet unhappie houre,
 
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When first by chaunce I had my goddesse viewed,
 
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Then first I tasted of the sweetest soure,
 
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Wherewith the cup of Cypria is embrewed.
 
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  For gazing ferme without suspition,
 
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Love coopt behind the charet of her eye,
 
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Iustly to schoole my bold presumption,
 
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Against my hart did let an arrow flie:
 
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Faire sir, quoth he, to practise have you nought
 
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But to be gazing on devinitie?
 
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Before you part, your leare you shall be tought,
 
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With that attonce he made his arrowes hie:
 
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  Imperious God, I did it not to love her,
 
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  Ah, stay thy hand, I did it but to prove her.
 
  
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# Identify the speaker, the addressee(s), the communicative situation.
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# Identify the various sections of the poem and comment on the development of the theme(s) from one section to the next.
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# Comment on metre and rhyme scheme.
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# Find and analyse at least one metaphor in this poem and give examples of two other figures of speech from the poem.
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# Briefly comment on the sonnet in relation to the other poems you have dealt with.
  
  
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W.P. “Sonnet II.” Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia. London, 1594.
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===Sonnet II.===
  
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Explanations:  
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:::Oh happie houre, and yet unhappie houre,
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4 Cypria = Venus (supposed to come from Cyprus)
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::When first by chaunce I had my goddesse viewed,
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  embrewed = stained with blood
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::Then first I tasted of the sweetest soure,
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6 coopt = confined in a small space
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::Wherewith the cup of Cypria is embrewed.
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charet = chariot
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:::For gazing ferme without suspition,
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11 leare = lesson
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::Love coopt behind the charet of her eye,
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::Iustly to schoole my bold presumption,
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::Against my hart did let an arrow flie:
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:::Faire sir, quoth he, to practise have you nought
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::But to be gazing on devinitie?
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::Before you part, your leare you shall be tought,
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::With that attonce he made his arrowes hie:
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:::Imperious God, I did it not to love
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:::Ah, stay thy hand, I did it but to prove her.
  
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:::<small>Source: W.P. "Sonnet II." ''Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia.'' London, 1594. [http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=99845946&FILE=../session/1208802750_8714&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&VID=10879&PAGENO=4&ZOOM=&VIEWPORT=&SEARCHCONFIG=var_spell.cfg&DISPLAY=AUTHOR&HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORD= EEBO]</small>
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==Explanations==
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|valign="top" width="30"|4
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|Cypria = Venus (supposed to come from Cyprus)
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embrewed = stained with blood
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|valign="top"|6
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|coopt = confined in a small space
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charet = chariot
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|valign="top"|11
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|leare = lesson
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Revision as of 20:34, 21 April 2008

  • BM1 - Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature
  • SoSe 2008
  • Part 2, Courses A – E
  • Assignment 1

Task

Please address the following five tasks and questions. You may write up to three pages of text, according to the formatting specifications of the style sheet. Any text beyond the first three pages will be ignored.


  1. Identify the speaker, the addressee(s), the communicative situation.
  2. Identify the various sections of the poem and comment on the development of the theme(s) from one section to the next.
  3. Comment on metre and rhyme scheme.
  4. Find and analyse at least one metaphor in this poem and give examples of two other figures of speech from the poem.
  5. Briefly comment on the sonnet in relation to the other poems you have dealt with.


Sonnet II.

Oh happie houre, and yet unhappie houre,
When first by chaunce I had my goddesse viewed,
Then first I tasted of the sweetest soure,
Wherewith the cup of Cypria is embrewed.
For gazing ferme without suspition,
Love coopt behind the charet of her eye,
Iustly to schoole my bold presumption,
Against my hart did let an arrow flie:
Faire sir, quoth he, to practise have you nought
But to be gazing on devinitie?
Before you part, your leare you shall be tought,
With that attonce he made his arrowes hie:
Imperious God, I did it not to love
Ah, stay thy hand, I did it but to prove her.


Source: W.P. "Sonnet II." Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia. London, 1594. EEBO

Explanations

4 Cypria = Venus (supposed to come from Cyprus)

embrewed = stained with blood

6 coopt = confined in a small space

charet = chariot

11 leare = lesson
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