Dryden's Essay: Of Dramatic Poesy: Short Video Lectures .

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                           first I say I don’t have whole knowledge of  criticism but , here share my point of view , which  I have understood from video.

                                                                     

1.    1.    Short Video Lecture on Dryden as Father of English Criticism, Neo-Classical Critic and definition of Play:

                                                                                 

                           In this video discuss between Dryden as neo classical critic? Definition of play? in the  first call Dryden him the father of English criticism. father we know sense of original Dryden apology for poetry , sir Philip Sidney English traditional. Philip Sidney work published after his death in point discuss then he was a Renaissance men. Than criticism one aspect in neo classical critic his influence Aristotle critical neoclassical scholar and critics that sense. look definition find the character licideius, Dryden showing how influence Aristotle definition of tragedy how he is giving one of capture Carry on definition can find definition broken three part first part" originally" a "just" and "lively" image of human nature.

                        That is one second representing passion human change in fortune, which it is subject and third after the subject delight and instructions by mankind. close look it his stating his how the question we have neo classical how he defer also how it is remember change. Plato tragedy 'copy' there for work second now Dryden definition word image, Dryden does not seem to bother Plato second hand try removed for reality. He is not really bothered because he thinks image is okay just other important word but it see just images can also be very drab kind of the image. Look viewer readers might not very intestine he incident word lively just and lively image of human nature. Than he move away and Plato not bother of think be second way again Aristotle definition tragedy. In did  with therapeutic word and 'catharsis' where is Dryden seems to say sense to ending definition delight and instructions. So that is how move in further Aristotle first discuss changing.

2.    Short Video Lecture on Dryden as Critic & Title of the Essay:

                        In second video a rise questions and discuss Dryden as critic, title of the essay the questions definition longer way. Dryden is the neo classical point conscious the age of the Dryden comes after the Elizabeth age. In age heavily free flow imagination romance all relation next duration Dryden come after the Elizabeth age. in all this relations that next foundation drama set are in verse in poetry sense. Of literature but mostly neoclassical poetry sense of literature but most neo classical poet trying to get back to some different expression. That is Elizabeth age in doing so there were having extremely conservative imitation rather blind imitation of Horace.

                        Aristotle the clime of criticism changed with the arrival on the literature. Scene of such giant as Miguel de Cervantes lope de Vega and pander. In Spain William Shakespeare Ben Jonson and other Baptist Racine as a poet Dryden realized he makes kind sanities text kind of advice mortal. Before hand justified Elizabeth practice current age then discuss neo classical age time to the effect for interprets within text critic. Well show first neo classical orientation having different positions maunder he trying to find doubt medium pot not only kind of good taking good thing but also taking Elizabeth freedom. Dryden classist romantic men Dryden is classical with Dryden himself for drama in verse he loosely he full is practice of particular drama and as education literature. Person needed kind position and Dryden Carey's English father literature one question Aries it is discuss in this video. 

3.     SVL on Dryden's Definition of Play:

                    In this third video discuss Dryden play definition a play ought to be just and lively image and change in fortune, humankind definition explains. the definition consider two important point dramatic poesy, drama and poesy, both are important delight very important peace important relive restoration image Dryden.

4.    SVL on the comparative criticism of the Ancients, the Moderns and the French Playwrights:

                This video the debate between critic Eugeniusz view on the superior ancient and modern in of dramatic lisideius. The represent of the conservative action contribute English traditional the ancient they established the unities dramatic rules were spelled out by Aristotle. which current and esteemed then Charles favor ancient verse modern he favor English dramatic and  has critic thing say of French those beauties of the French poesy where it is but are not sufficient to give it where it is not French drama lisideius argue that French opinion .

5. SVL on the debate regarding appropriateness of rhyme and blank verse:

                       This video Dryden essay of dramatic poesy the debate, two critics Dryden neoclassical way hero writing and being tradition writing play. In word that is mouth piece in under support writing of place tragedy verse criticism. That play should he say that serious play his say the rhyme verse, black rhyme.

 6. SVL on the controversy regarding the Rhymes lines vs the Blank Verse:

                        Controversy regarding the rhyme line verses the blank verse rhyme unnatural of play. it should not it is not proper medium to Cary just and lively images, by literature 'critic' without premeditated not able to express in no men similarly blank verse. Not create just and lively image it will work not delight properly rhyme in Sweetest very important. in last judgment tragedy serious observe Dryden thought rhyme blank verse dramatic poesy .

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John Donne's sonnet.

                                  “Sweetest love, I do not go “. 

Introduction:

                                                                       

                          John Donne Sonnet with the title sweetest love deals with theme of love. The poem is address by the lover to his beloved it.  Present before us the scene parting between the lover and his beloved.

Subject matter:

                       The poem opens with the lovers accurately that he is going away, from her not because he is tired from her or he hopes to find a better person than his beloved. The only reason why he is going away from her is his death. The lover accept his physical death, is a fake death his real death would take place only if he discontinues loving her.

                     The lover gives example of the sun. The Sun that went away the previous night has come back again though the sun has neither sense nor desire to come back. Compared to that he has both – sense and desire, so he would make his journey speedier than the sun and he will come back the next day.

Conclusion 

                      The concluding stanza of the poem is the lovers request to his beloved. She should not think anything said and bed because destiny plays a vital role. So for the lives together and after that they would sleep side by side, in there in Grave the lovers want to assure her that nothing can cause parting between him and his beloved.

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John Donne's poem.

“The dream".

                                                                 
Introduction:

                                                                  

                          The dream by John Donne is poem about the theme of love and Central idea of this poem is that love is a fantasy in dream. is more perfect and full feel then love and reality love in reality makes both the persons aware of Differential and the happiness disappear in the world of fantasy. the beloved is as per Desire of lover without difference and so the lover enjoy the dream more than the Real company of his beloved.

Subject matter:

                                                                 

                        The first stanza of the poem makes clear that her emphasize is in his heart, end it gives good value to his heart give example of the king. and the coin the way Kings image gives value to the coins her image on his heart give value to heart . The lover will be that his heart so great and so good, because of her image that now keep it is Mandel which he would like to give to her.

                     It is in the second stanza that the lover confess he is Greater happiness after, she has gone after has gone then lover can experience her persons in his fantasy. And that dream gives him more joy then her real prison it is during this fantasy, that the lover can accept pain because pain is real turn known after remaining. In the dream they will have to come back to the world of reality, but he would not repent for remaining in the dream because that gives him better joy than the world of reality the lover known truth of life.

                                                                   

                                 Alas true choice at best a dream enough this line of lover. Express two meaning the first meaning is that true Joy is only a dream. Then second meaning is that a person can experience through doing only in a dream the lover finds her prison not so much enjoying as he finds her except enjoying the lover would like to be made person with her heart feel her lover he does not want to be any identity without heart and her love.

Conclusion:

                     All over ideas of this poem is dead show in reality is different from joy. And Dream lover prefer Fantasy for the real Joy of love.

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Holy Sonnet.

"Death be not proud by John Donne".

                                                                                          

Introduction:

                                                                   

                          John Donne is equally known for His holy Sonnet. As he is known for his love poems. He is holy sonnets deal with serious things theme, and issue selected to human existence. The present Sonnet of the John Donne deals with the theme of death. Generally every human being is afraid of the death. But the poet here presents the picture of death all together in different way the attempt. Is to reduce fear of death. And to convince to reader that death is normally incident of life just like any other incident in life.

Subject matter:

                       The sonnets open with the poets address to death. That there is no need for that to be proud. Some people considered as powerful and dangerous but the poet consider it neither Mighty not dangerous. The poet challenge death says that it cannot kill him. truly speaking people cannot died . That thinks that it has kill the poet believes that the picture is death is nothing but rest and sleep if that provide rest and sleep pleasure to be derived out of it .

                                                                

                                           
                           The poet opinion that one need not be afraid of death. because even the best of people have Sooner Or Later that too. There is nothing except raised to body and soul going to new body. The poet considers death slave of fat chance king and desperate man the meaning is if person dies only when fat decide, chance decide his death. sometimes a person dies only when King Desides his death as a punishment sometimes that has to come when men in distress invites death suicide the poet's mention that are three places where death lives in poison for illness. In other words that come to an individual because of such reason, the poet. Does a comparison between sleep cause by death and Corus charms of mother he believes that sleep.
                  

Conclusion:

                      Coues by mother charms is more enjoyable than the sleep cause by death. Because it comes like sudden stroke there is no need for that to be proud, because this is just a small asleep and after that sleep a person get new news. Like to leave for a long time the poet conclude these sonnets with her statement that there will be no more that itself or died.

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The flea by John Donne.

"The flea by John Donne".

                                                                     

Introduction:

                                                                   

             
                         “The Flea” is remarkable metaphysical poetry of John Donne. He makes use of biological image of the flea, for the expression of the theme of love. It is an exceptional image to deal with the theme of love. John Donne what's the use of traditional images and bring the images of the flea.

Subject matter:

                          To deal with the theme of love. The poem is addressed by to his beloved the lover express love proposal to her and she refuses. It because of her sense of sin, shame and made hood.

                         She does not response to her lover because she considers it matter of sin and shame. It is because of her refusal that the lover gives example of the flea. The flea has first sucks his blood now it sucks her blood and show there bloods have mingled in that flea it is neither sin nor shame, the lovers trying to convince her that they are more than married in that living walls of that flea . That he is now their marriage but also the marriage Church.

                       Listening to such speech of the lover, the lady try to kill that flea. And again the lover tries to convince her not to kill that flea. he request her not to make her nails purple in the blood of that flea. They reason is it will be sin of killing three lives.

1) Life of flea
2) life of lover 
3) killing her self.

                     The lover wants her not to commit a dangerous sin of self murder she does not follow the request of that love and kills flea.

                                                                      

                                        Third stanza of the poem is given to the lovers attempt to convince her that all her fears are groundless. Both become one in that flea and yet it was not in sin shame. 

Conclusion:

                  The lovers of opinions that by accepting his proposal, she will bring honor to her the lovers. Wants her to realize that accepting proposal, is not lost of honor on country brings honor. So should pass her fear sense of sin and shame.

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what is Metaphysical poetry.

Metaphysical poetry.

                                                                     

Introduction:

                                                                  

                                                    A group of poet which together in the beginning of the 17th century try to write poetry. in a different way which with the passing of the time came, to be know is the metaphysical poetry. John Donne was the founder of the metaphysical School of poetry, and the other poets who follow the style of John Donne. Or George Herbert, Abraham Cowley, Richard Crashaw, Andrew Marvell, and others. the poetry this poets is known as metaphysical School of poetry.


                        It was Dr Samuel Johnson who used the term metaphysical poetry for the first time. For the poetry of Donne and his school while writing a biographical sketch on the life.  Of Abraham Cowley in his book “the live” Dr Johnson made use of these terms for the first time. When Dr Johnson uses systems it was in a negative sense to criticize the poetry of John Donne. And his followers made use of these terms for the first time when Doctor Johnson use systems it was in a negative sense to criticize the poetry.

                       John Donne and his followers but with the passing of time the same time, because mark of made use of these terms for the first time when doctor Johnson use systems it was in a negative sense to criticize the poetry. Of John Donne and his followers but with the passing of time the same time because a mark of the appraisal of the metaphysical poetry.

 The following are characteristic of the metaphysical poetry.

                                                                    

                   All the metaphysical poets where literate and degree holder they were Scholars man of learning and which they made conscious attempt to display the scholarship and learning in their poetry.

               They wanted to distinguish and different differentiate them slaves from the former poets of Elizabethan age so they made a conscious attempt to display scholarship and learning.

               A critic Helen C white has explain the reason behind why they made a conscious attempt to differ from other according, to her all these sports would have been rejected had the written poetry. Like former poets it was necessary for them to write poetry in a different way because, by the time reading class had increased and the class wanted to read something different. Which was provided by the metaphysical poets Helen C white considered it the demand of time for the metaphysical poets. To write poetry in a different way the metaphysical wanted to give a Unique Identity to their poetry and so they try to display tried to scholarship in their poetry.

            The metaphysical Unlike the Elizabethan poets did not use and employee traditional image in their poetry. They made use of the half light shade image and consider in their poetry, they try to bring image from various field. Just like geometry, agriculture, engineering, biology, and even architecture, the imagine this field give a Novelty to their poetry. And it gave also mentally exercise to the readers of their poetry, on number of the example can be given about it John Donne mix use of biological image.

            The flea for the expression of love in one of his poems. Andrew Marvell in his poems to his Coy mistress uses of geometry, of the compass for the expression of love. George Herbert in his poem” The Pulley” in his poem makes use of time image. From the field of Engineering, mechanical engineering. For the expression of his love for Christianity Herbert made also uses of an architecture image for the expression of Christianity in his poem. The Church porch in brief the metaphysical employed images of different field for their poetry.

Conclusion:

                       Dr Johnson highlighting one drawback of the metaphysical poetry. explain that Dr Johnson their poetry should more a trial of their finger, and not the trial of here what doctor Johnson wants to say is that there is no music and rhythm in the poetry of the metaphysical poets.

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Poem analysis.

“Mending wall by Robert Frost”.

                                                                      

                                                

Introduction:

                                                                    

                        “Mending wall” is a philosophical poem or Robert Frost in which the comments on the secretive attitude of modern men. every human being in present time has become a castle . He does not want to come out of the secretive attitude, and he would not allow any other person to know about it. This secretive attitude of modern man is brought to light in a present poem.

                                                                              

Subject matter:

                       The subject matter is poem is repairing a wall between houses of a poet. And his neighbor the poets are not in favor of having a wall between house, and The Neighbors house but are neighbors is wants on having wall.  The poets find the present of some unseen force or element which does not like the world that is the reason why the world is having eyes and brakes. In it the implies meaning is that god does not want a man should remain in away, and allows from the other man but neighbors of a poet.  Is of different opinion he believed that there must be a wall.

                                                                       

                      Because good fences make good neighbors the neighbors propose to repair dead wall again and again. Because he would like to keep distance for the poet. the poet compare himself with an Orchard of applied his neighbors. with the for set of painters it's suggest that the nature of poet, is different from that of his neighbors . his never sports stones on the wall and arrange goes stones with wood. balance so that throws stones may not fall down, the poet doesn't like it because he does not want any wall between his house and his neighbors house.

Conclusion:

                 Present poem is a sarcastic mark on Human relation in modern Times. The attitude of modern man has become so strange and secretive attitude, doesn't want to share any matter of object of his own with other. He would like to kept revolve around him, in such a way that there may not be instruction between him and others. This attitude of modern men is highlighted a present poem.

            

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Poem analysis.

“Stopping by Woods on snowy evening By Robert Frost”

                                                                   

Introduction:

                                                                 

                           Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening is one of the most celebrated Poem of Robert Frost. The first Prime Minister of independent India Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru was so much impress with the message of this poem. That he always kept this poem on the table Beneath the Glass the poem is simple but the message Richie .its conveys is significance the poem is about poet going to forest getting tempted to stay there in finally realize that he has many works to be done by him and so he cannot stop in the forest. it is poem about the internal dilemma of a poet between, Love of beauty and scene of beauty this kind of dilemma is witness said by every person . At some stage in life we all are sometimes tempted by beauty of nature it's could stop there for a long time but work which is to be by us.

Subject matter:

                                                                        

                         Reminds us of our beauty and we do not stop for long time where that beautiful place it this truth of life.  is conveyed by poet throughout present poem.

                       The subject matter of the poem is simple the poet goes to a dark deep lovely forest on his horse brakes. it is such a beautiful place that the poet is tempted to stop that and pass that Nights in the forest but the voice of the poet shake's. it's so hard to the ring Bells which are tied to its earnest the whole wants to ask, the poet whether he is a mistaken making a stay in that a forest the reason is it is darkest evening . the lake is frozen and the snow fall is there such a gesture of horse reminds poet, that the woods are lovely dark and deep but he has so many promises to keep he has to perform many duty. before he sleep in forest.

Conclusion:

                              

                       His final message of the poem is that “sense of Duty in life is more important than tempting beauty” not tempting beauty should ever prove to be a hundred on the path of duty.

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Poem Analysis.

"Design by Robert Frost".

                                                                        

Introduction:

                                                                        

                        Robert Frost poem with the title “Design” is a philosophical poem. Which start that there is a design of the destiny or good in every incident which happens in over life? To show this truth the poet picks up the subject matter of as a spider or mouth. And white flower the scene which portrayed here is of a dark night when one mouth becomes moral of spider.

Subject matter:

                                                                  

                       Its night and in the darkness of night one mouth is inspire to seat on, a white flower other spider wants to court that more on that white flowers. so its changes its color to White so that it may remain invisible to the eyes of that mouth . Set spider remains successful in catching the mouth. And very soon the wings of that mouth or dictate from its body falling down just like Paper cut. The poet observes the scene and its click realization in him. that “every if the smallest of small incident which happens in this world there is a design of destiny  made “flower white and inspired that mouth to go to that flower the same destiny inspire spider to climb up to him to go to that flower and to begin in mourning ritual by making that mouth its food .

Conclusion:

                   The poets come to conclusion that nothing happens in this world without destiny. The seal of destiny is a must feel for the cause of occurrence any incidence.

                                          

The gift outright .

The gift outright by Frost.

                                                                        

Introduction:
                    The gift outright by Robert Frost deals with as a serious issue of the United State. It’s about a constant conflict going on between the native people of America, and the settlers of colonizer. who made us said that permanent home . The poem is address by descendant of the settlers and its address to native community. The poet is in fact a request of the descendant to the native people to accept settlers as one part of native community.

                                                                 

                                              
Subject Matter:

                                      
                   The poems open with the tone of request in which the descendant of settlers says, that he has accepted that country as his motherland but still he has not been accepted as a native by people of that country.

                   Third descendant considers every state of the USA is his home but still he is settling as colonizer and as an outsider by the people of that country it’s this difference which points descendant advice for long of time. He himself many other descendants remain and didn't mix with the native public community.

                                                                    

                                         But now as a change has come in the attitude of the descendant, and he has surrounded to the native people. The settlers have realized that there is no salvation for them if there is no sound from their site this descendant, is present poem we like to open himself as a gift to the native people his request to the native people is to see that he is accepted a gift and not rejected .

               The present poem can be considered polite request of the descendant of colonizers to accept old sender as the native people. of America. He argued that in the past many conflict and would have taken place. but that has not solve the problems of conflict between the native people and colonizers . so he wants to open himself of gift to the native people . the descendant of colonizer may be at less without harassment any story of there but he would happy is his accepted as a gift Robert Frost in self experience this conflict between the native and settlers and here he tries to give a solution to the problems .

Conclusion :

             The problem of conflict between native and colonizer can be solved with love violence has no place in it .

                   

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