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1- Periodi; qui; incontri – seasons
2- Accecato – blinded
3- Agiatezza – ease
4- Raggi - beams
5- Nello stesso modo – all alike
6- Cacciatori di corte – court-huntsmen
7- Annebbiare – cloud
8- Contadini – country ants

2) Read the poem again and note down:
1- The addresser and the addressee;
1- John Donne and the sun
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3- The reason for the poet’s self-assurance;
3- He is so confident because he’s laying in bed with his girlfriend
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3) Consider the structure of the poem
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2- How many stanzas are there?
2- Three
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In the 2nd
stanza the shortest phrase is in the 2nd line: “Why shouldst thou think?”
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4- What rhythmical effect does the alternation of short and long sentences create?
Tick as appropriate
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- It creates an impression of uneasiness and uncertainty
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4) Write down the expressions from the text referring both to the sun and
the woman
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Woman: “ her eyes have not blinded thine ”, “ both the India of spices and mine ”, “
lie here with me ”, “ she is all states, and all princes ”
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1- Use the adjectives from the box to define them
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Woman: sensual, admiring, content, proud
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Tick as appropriate
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- It diverts the reader’s attention from the poet’s aim
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6) Focus on the metaphors referring to the woman which you have gathered
in exercise 4
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The only conventional imagery is that of the woman’s eyes
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3- What do they add to the traditional image of the woman?
3- They convey the idea of the woman’s sovereignty, of her vital importance to man
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4- Analyze the terms of the metaphor in line 8
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Vehicle: country man, peasants
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