AUGUSTAN POETRY

By: Keiana Castro, Jasmine Kegler, Azalei Echano,

Dominic Francia

AP LITERATURE PERIOD 1

AUGUSTAN POETRYAugustan derives from Augustus Caesar

Known for its rhymed heroic-couplet satire

These are often in iambic pentameter

Translated Greek and Roman epics into English to be

made in their own

Derives from metaphysical poetry

POETIC TECHNIQUES/THEMES

W

ith Augustan poetry, you can find wit

I

rony

P

aradox similar to metaphysical poetry

E

xample : True wit is nature to advantage dress’d / what oft was thought,

but ne’er so well express’d • By Alexander Pope

JOHN DRYDENB

orn August 9, 1631

N

orthampton, England

A

ttended Westminster School of London• trained in the art of rhetorical argument.

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credited w/ standardizing the heroic couplet (A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters)

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includes; satires, religious pieces, fables, epigrams, prologues, and plays.

d

ied on May 1, 1700

O

ther notable works: Lives of the poets (1779) To His Sacred Majesty (1662) Mac Flecknow (1681)

Characteristics of John.•Rhythmical•Satirical•Oxymoronic•Ironic•Uses of Symbolism

ALEXANDER POPEM

ay 21, 1688 – May 30, 1744

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nown for his satirical verse & his translation of Homer.

F

amous for his use of the heroic couplet

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arly life: Pope's education was affected by Test Acts• (banned Catholics from teaching, attending a university, voting, or holding public office)

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otable works: Essay on Man (1733-1734), Translation of the Odyssey (1725-1726)

Windsor Forest (1713)

JONATHAN SWIFT

B

orn in Dublin, Ireland.

D

iagnosed with Meniere’s disease which affected his inner ear that caused hearing loss

and nausea.

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rew up in poverty when his father died, leaving his family without an income.

J

onathan then had to travel with his nurse to find a new home since his mother could not

provide for him.

J

onathan was an Irish clerk, pamphleteer, satirist, and author who was known for

Gulliver’s Travels.

I

t was his labeled a masterpiece; it was collaborated with “the pettiness of politics,

people, and the games they play.”

J

OHN GAY (June 30 1685- December 4 1732)

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Engligh poet and dramatist

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member of Scriblerus Club *literary group aimed to ridicule pedantry

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born/ raised in Barnstaple, England

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became the first pastoral writer of the age and the True English Theocritus

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poetry influenced by a close friend, Alexander Pope

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best known for The Beggar’s Opera

*double allegory (represents abstract ideas/principles through characters)

*story of thieves and highwaymen

*reflect moral degradation of society and show corruption of governing class

-prime minister Sir Robert Walpole and his Whig administration

*longest opera up until their time (ran 62 performances)

*based on good humored satire and technical assurance

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A Ballad by John Gay (Act 2 Scene 8 of The Beggar’s Opera)

JOHN GAY

• Augustus Primaporta

Marriage a-la-mode by William Hogarth

Bust of Augustus (Marble)

• Satyr & Maenad (Terracotta)

PROMPT1

976 Poem: “Poetry of Departures” (Philip Larkin) Prompt: Write an essay in which you discuss how

the poem's diction (choice of words) reveals his attitude toward the two ways of living mentioned in

the poem.

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981 Poem: “Storm Warnings” (Adrienne Rich) Prompt: Write an essay in which you explain how the

organization of the poem and the use of concrete details reveal both its literal and its metaphorical

meanings. In your discussion, show how both of these meanings relate to the title.

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011B Poem: “An Echo Sonnet” (Robert Pack) Prompt: Read carefully the following poem by Robert

Pack, paying close attention to the relationship between form and meaning. Then, in a well-written

essay, analyze how the literary techniques used in this poem contribute to its meaning.

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QUIZ

W

ho influenced the Augustan period

A.C

easar Augutus

B.S

amuel Morse

C.S

imon Augusus

D.G

eorge Washington

QUIZ

W

hich of the following periods came prior to the Augustans?

A.A

ugustans

B.

Metaphysical Poetry

C.

The Symbolists

D.

Modernism

QUIZ

W

hich of the poets we’ve talked about more focused on

relaionshipsA. John GayB. John DrydenC. Alexander PopeD. Jonathan Swift

QUIZ

W

hat epics did Augustan poets get their work from?

A.C

atholics

B.C

hristians

C.A

ugustans

D.R

omans and Greeks

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QUIZ

W

hich pentameter did Augustan Poets write in?

A.D

actylic

B.I

ambic

C.S

hakespearian

D.N

one of the above

QUIZ

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rue wit is nature to advantage dress’d / what oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d

W

hich poet?

A.A

lexander Pope

B.J

ohn Dryden

C.

John Gay

D.J

onathan swift

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