【正文】 for his intensely moving sonnets.　 　　Milton was a great master of language, amp。 Eve in the Garden of Eden. Milton, a deeply religious man, wrote the epic \ to justify the ways of God to men.\ He is also famous for his graceful lyric poems, such as Lycidas, L\39。 dramatic work, based in part on the Biblical story of the temptation amp。 prose writer, born in London, England, Dec. 9, 1608, and died in London, Nov 8, 1674. 　　Milton was one of the greatest poets in the English language amp。 that he should not be behaving so tediously as to stick to his rule amp。s belief in life after death: death is eternal. 　　2) The Sun Rising 　　The persona apostrophizes the sun as \ unruly\ because the sun enters the lovers\39。 desperate mena craven thing that keeps bad pany, such as poison, was amp。 unworthy of being called \mighty amp。s Holy Sonnets, is an almost Startling putdown of poor death. Staunchly Christian in its pare expectation of the resurrection, Donne\39。s love poetry. 　　As a religious poet, his chief power is shown in the Holy Sonnets amp。 body. The operations of the soul depend on the body. Idealism amp。 the conceit, a pertinent parison between 2 apparently dissimilar things. 　　His early Lyrics most exist in The Songs amp。s poetry is subtle, plex, amp。 therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls。 every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main… Any man\39。 imaginative, exhibiting the same kind of physical vigor amp。 cynical youth, to Dean John Donne, a man devoted to God. 　　Donne\39。 sonnets, epistles, elegies, amp。 a good many of The Songs amp。 A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. 　　Most of The Elegies amp。 intellectual wit. Many of his poems rank with the finest in the English language. Among his most famous works are the poems Death Be Not Proud, \Go amp。 direct as ordinary speech. 　　2識記 His major works 　　In his life, Donne wrote a large number of poems amp。 experiences, such as jealousy, the loss of religious faith, the plexities of love amp。 to express their ideas, they used startling, highly imaginative parisons known as conceits. A conceit is a bination of thoughts or images that are not usually associated with one another. 　　The finest works of the metaphysical poets bine intellectual subtlety with great emotional power. The poems reflect a broad knowledge of science, art, amp。 Thomas Traherne are also considered to be metaphysical poets. They wrote on a variety of religious amp。 cadences of mon speech. The imagery is drawn from the actual life. The form is frequently that of an argument with the poet\39。 smooth running. The most striking feature of Donne\39。 moods. The mode is dynamic rather than static, with ingenuity of speech, vividness of imagery amp。 attitudes, amp。 attitudes, amp。 the Metaphysical Poetry 　　John Donne: English poet amp。 weighty. It is some what affected, like the water in the reservoir, restricted amp。s mature attitude towards learning. Bacon\39。 persuasive, pact amp。s 58 essays. It analyzes what studies chiefly serve for, the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies, amp。s time they were revolutionary, Marx called him \the real father of English materialism amp。 enriched by Biblical allusions, Metaphors amp。s essays are famous for their brevity, pactness amp。 tell them how to be efficient amp。 prudential man, he intends to write for the ambitious Elizabethan amp。s Essais, which appeared from 1580 to 1588. Bacon learned from Montaigne, the first great modern essayist, the economic amp。 characters. 　　His works can be divided into three groups： 　　First group: The Advancement of Learning (1605) 　　　　　　　　 Novum Organum (1620) (Latin version) 　　Second group: Essays 　　　　　　　　 Apophthagmes New amp。 The History of the Reign of King Henry Ⅶ, a perceptive psychological study of Henry\39。s other important literary works include The New Atlantis, an account of an ideal society amp。 riches. Written in a terse, polished style, with many learned allusions amp。 most eloquent spokesmen for experimental science. He lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking amp。 hide his hatred for his uncle in his deep heart, which may secure his life. IV. Francis Bacon 1. 一般識記 Brief Introduction 　　English Renaissance philosopher, essayist, statesman, born in London, England, Jan 22,1561 and died in London, April 9 1626. One of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance, Bacon made important contributions to several fields. His chief interest were science philosophy, but he was also a distinguished man of letters amp。s most famous monologue. Hamlet, facing the dilemma of action amp。 loyalty, amp。s dayyouth 　　　　　　 the eye of heaventhe sun 　　　2) The Merchant of Venice 　　Theme: To praise the friendship between Antonio amp。 distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader. 　　7. 應用 Selected Readings 　　　1) Sonnet 18 　　Theme: a profound meditation on the destructive power of time amp。 mighty. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary amp。 pronouns as nouns. Such freedom gave his language an extraordinary flexibility, which enabled him to express his thoughts as easily in poetry as in prose. 　　Most of Shakespeare\39。s time, English grammar amp。 Roman sources. There are usually several threads running through the play, thus providing the story with suspense amp。s plays are well known for their adroit plot construction. He seldom invents his own plots。 loyal Juliet, amp。 Regan, the ironwilled Lady Macbeth, the witty amp。 innocent women, such as Ophelia in Hamlet, Desdemona in Othello, amp。s Lost, amp。 meanwhile, they may share features with others. The soliloquies in his plays fully reveal the inner conflict of his characters. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters. 　　The women in the plays are vivid creations, each differing from the others. Shakespeare was fond of portraying \mocking wenches,\ such as Kate of the Taming of the Shrew, Rosaline of Love\39。 acc