Meditation 17 by John Donne - Jenks Public Schools

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Andrew Marvell: The secular metaphysical among the bunch. Imagery: “Carpe diem” themes •selective and sparing •Metaphor of “vegetable love” •“Green thought in a green shade” •“Deserts of vast eternity” • More playful Sunday, March 25, 12 •image often more memorable and striking than the idea it expresses.
Understanding the <strong>17</strong>th century mind The simplified Ptolemaic system, sometimes called Aristotelian Everything in the universe was part of one of two distinct worlds: that made up <strong>by</strong> the sublunar and that of the heavenly bodies. The former were made up of earth, fire, air and water, each of which had its natural motion: earth and water, being heavy, moved from high to low; while fire and air, being light, moved from low to high. Once something reached its natural place it no longer moved—much like a pendulum slowing down until it reaches an equilibrium. This meant that the sublunar world must consist in a core of earth with the other elements arranged in "shells" around it —water, air and fire. Since the Earth was mostly earth, it sat at the centre of the universe and did not move. Sunday, March 25, 12
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