The retreat of "The Petition" can thus be read as a locationfor example, of solidarity with other women, in what Carol Barash describes as a "rethink[ing of] the pastoral topos of political retreat as a place where women's shared political sympathies can be legitimately expressed"; or a processan elaborated metaphor for what Charles Hinnant reads as "a philosophic ascent of the human mind" (150). 603-23. Today: People are still drawn to the outdoors for recreation and relaxation. Through the contrast between music and speech, Finch acknowledges a collapse of faith in the power of the poet as singer rather than as persuader. In a sense the poem argues that the mind must resist this seduction into illusion and hence must confront the unpleasant fact that "Nature (unconcern'd for our relief) / Persues her settl'd path, her fixt, and steaddy course" (lines 27-28). How does being outside at night make you feel? In "A Nocturnal Reverie," this ambivalence is not only manifested in the hypothetical mode in which the poem's argument is cast but also in the restraint which confines "the free Soul" to the claim that it "thinks" the "inferiour World" is like its own (lines 43, 46). Brower, Reuben A., "Lady Winchilsea and the Poetic Tradition of the Seventeenth Century," in Studies in Philology, Vol. Finch was a well-educated woman who took care with her poetry to ensure that it was technically sound. Ann Finch's contribution to understanding nature will be examined within ecocritical viewpoint and how her vision of nature is reflected in the poem. The word "nocturnal" suggests either that the reverie takes place by night or that it is simply about night without necessarily happening at night. The exact dates of this age are a matter of debate; some put them as following Queen Anne's reign (1702-14), while others equate them with the life of Alexander Pope (1688-1744). By manipulating her culture's assumptions about beauty, femininity, and intellect, Finch's work ultimately exposes the insufficiencies of a patriarchal law that reproduces "unfairness" in both its construction of women and its determination of what counts as aesthetically pleasing. . HISTORICAL CONTEXT Only by twisting and turning, Finch seems to say, does the woman poet avoid the traps of copping to male desire; only by (with the use of) and through (by sustaining the duration of) a deliberate traveling along a winding course, entangling and coiling oneself in one's own poetic energies, can freedom from male expectation be found. "A Nocturnal Reverie The complaint that opens "The Introduction," for example, is well known for its pithy illustration of the obstacles facing women writers. When James set about aggressively restoring Catholicism as the predominant religion in Great Britain, he attempted to enlist Parliament to pave the way by overturning certain legislation that got in his way. The effect of the ongoing punctuation is that the poem reads like a natural flow of thought as the speaker experiences the nighttime setting and allows her feelings to respond. English Augustan poets followed suit, writing verse that followed conventions and demonstrated mastery of language and technique. The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated. She is usually described as a poet of sensation, not song. Taking the pseudonym "Ardelia," she wrote poetry about her husband, whom she loved and honored. Curtis 1 Tyler Curtis Dr. Elmes ENGL 45400 28 September 2020 Poetic Analysis: "A Nocturnal Reverie" The poem "A Nocturnal Reverie" by Anne Finch, written in 1713, lends itself to a child's fairytale world right from the title. The leaves shake partly because of the flow of the river, but also because the leaves themselves are moving with the wind. The pastoral mode not only allowed her to write about love and passion in ways which, as a woman, she would not otherwise have been able to do with propriety, it also enabled her publicly to criticize her own age from the standpoint of a moral spokesperson confronting the ills of society. Despite, but also because of, insecurity about their worth, Finch's poems work to rescue women from confinement as objects in men's poetry, and insist upon the legitimacy of female visibility and speech . Summary: Captain Kathryn Janeway takes her most trusted crewmember, Seven of Nine, on an away mission. At her funeral, her husband honored her memory by expressing to those in attendance how much he admired her faith, her loyalty, her friendship and support, and her writing. (February 22, 2023). individualistic perception of the humdrum of life. He succeeded his brother King Charles II, who died in 1685 after achieving a peaceful working relationship between the king and Parliament. //
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