Week 12 Nov. 13

John Donne: read "The Sun Rising"; "The Flea"; "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"; "The Relic"

From Donne's Holy Sonnets, read 5 " I am a little world made cunningly"; 14, "Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you"; 10 "Death , be not proud, though some have called thee";

Andrew Marvell: "To His Coy Mistress" p. 1420

Assignment: Response paper: After studying Donne's poetry by reading the poems and reading the interpretations under "Notes" on the Donne site, explicate (explain) what Marvell is saying to his mistress in "To His Coy Mistress." Due Wed., Nov. 22