The Relic
- Created by: dani301295
- Created on: 21-01-19 09:17
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- The Relic
- Form:
- Lyric poem consisting of three stanzas of 11 lines each
- Structure:
- AABBCDDCEEE rhyme scheme.
- complex meter
- iambic: develops poems thematic development
- Lines 1-5 Iambic tetrameter
- Line 6 pentameter
- iambic: develops poems thematic development
- complex meter
- AABBCDDCEEE rhyme scheme.
- A satirical poem about platonic love
- Relic: part of deceased person's body or belongings thought to be holy
- Stanza 2
- Sexton may disinter him in a time of 'misdevotion'
- Misdevotion = Catholic churchs adoration of relics
- Will take the bones to the king and bishop
- Sexton may disinter him in a time of 'misdevotion'
- Stanza 3:
- Form:
- Themes & Concepts
- Links to:
- We Harmless Lovers wrought
- Their love was ideal and chaste
- Platonic love.
- Donne talks about the platonic love he shared with his lover
- Stanza 3:
- Their love is socially acceptable
- 'Seals' =Their clothes
- Seal = Renaissance conceit for coochie
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