Mainly a close reading of the unutterably subtle effects of the Song to Celia "Drink to me only with thine eyes."
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup,
And I’ll not look for wine.
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,
I would not change for thine.
I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much honouring thee
As giving it a hope, that there
It could not withered be.
But thou thereon didst only breathe,
And sent’st it back to me;
Since when it grows, and smells, I swear,
Not of itself, but thee.
What makes it a song? What makes it a story? What's their relation? A look at "So Beauty on the water stood," in this context:
So beauty on the waters stood,
When love had sever’d earth from flood.
So when he parted air from fire,
He did with concord all inspire.
And then a motion he them taught,
That elder than himself was thought,
Which thought was yet the child of earth,
For Love is elder than his birth.
And then a brief return to "On my first son":
Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy.
Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.
O, could I lose all father now! For why
Will man lament the state he should envy?
To have so soon 'scap'd world's and flesh's rage,
And if no other misery, yet age?
Rest in soft peace, and, ask'd, say, "Here doth lie
Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry."
For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such,
As what he loves may never like too much.
A day that turned out to be an intro to Paradise Lost (Episode 10)
Different sorts of stresses (Episode 9)
What all poems are always about; ”We are Seven” (Episode 8)
More on lines
What makes a line?
Rhyme. And dialogue -- alternation and conflict in ballads
Rhyme: Making the Arbitrary Make Sense
More on rhyme and meter
some more on ”b o d y” and then on Alice Notley’s ”The Comfort”
First episode of Poetry: A Basic Course:James Merrill’s
Advanced Shakespeare 28, Friday May 1 2020--LAST CLASS. Dolabella and Cleopatra's dream
Advanced Shakespeare 27 April 30 2020 -- The Death of Antony
Advanced Shakespeare 26, Tuesday April 28 2020: Act IV and Antony's Extravagance
Advanced Shakespeare 25, Friday April 24, 2020: Act III concluded: Knowing Antony and knowing Cleoipatra
Advanced Shakespeare 24, Tuesday April 21, 2020: Act III continued: Antony profuse wastefulness
Advanced Shakespeare 23 Friday April 17 2020 -- dramatic perspectives
Bonus aria on Wittgenstein
Advanced Shakespeare 22 Tuesday 4/14/20 Leaders and advisors and news management
Advanced Shakespeare 21 Friday 4/3/2020 Messengers
Advanced Shakespeare 20 Tuesday 3-31-20 She did make defect perfection (Continuing Act II)
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