Did you know poetry is
more than rhyming?
Reason
Reason
sending
encrypted
messages!
poetry is a
form of
communication used
for self-expression
& selfpromotion!
BTW
Im chang.
Ill be your
comic
guide!
Reason
Reason
reference
for future
generations!
Roses are red
violets are blue
Amor!
Back in
my day...
currency in
the game of
love!
Reason
Criticize
the
government!
How were these poems
distributed?
Manuscript
circulation!
Here
you go
kids.
GEE,
thanks
lady!
Commonplace
books Also known
as miscellanies &
anthologies!
started
unorganized but
in 1512 erasmus of
rotterdam tried
to create rules
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commonplace booksto help w/
info overload
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ah, yes!
some quick
comparisons
between social
media & tudor
court networks!
including
this liberal poem
in my book means i
lean left!
Hey! what i
like/share on fb
says a lot about me
too!
u s of
rotte
rdam
letters,
quotes,
prose,
Miscellanies jo
kes,
included: bal
lads,
drawings
,
poems,
& any wo
rk of
cultural
almost
significan
ce.
like the
internet
today!
i
recopied
some poet, so
ppl will think
im classy.
Shield my
eyes from all
the self
promotion &
similarities!
tudor court example of
poetry in motion
ts
tha enry
g h
Ki n i i i .
V
I am La
dy
Mar
Dougl garet
as & t
his
my bel
oved, Lo is
T ho m a
rd
s How
ard.
he had a 1st
marriage but
she didnt
produce a boy.
i need
a boy! Maybe
Jane will give
me what i
need!
then he
married Anne
Boleyn, but she
had a miscarriage.
henry was mad &
executed her for
adultery.
these two love
birds were thrown into the
tower of london after Henry
found out they were
secretly married,
he didnt like
that Thomas would
be the next king, if
Henry died
s
all ur
o
on w
pris t stop
no
e!
will
lov
in the tower,
they created the
devonshire
manuscript, more on
this in the next
cell
the manuscript
was used to
exchange poems,
notes, & coded
messages!
we mainly
wrote in it but
our 19 friends also
contributed.
amongst
them were
mary shelton
& mary
fitzroy
today,
handwriting is the most
distinguishing factor
between the authors. also,
in the end the book was
comprised of 194
entries!
how is this similar to modern media?
the devonshire
manuscript is the forum
page & social networking
pages of today!
nes,
e pho te
a
mobil
iv
r
p
&
apps, s are all s
e
g
ace
a
mess social sp can
d
e
e
l
d
p
u
o
secl young pe
k.
where reely tal
f
these exchanges
can be friendly or
romantic. Mary Sheltons
suitor wrote her a love
poem, hiding her name in
it.
did you know satire through poems is how to
criticize the govt w/out getting in trouble?
Elizabeth i
loved poetry and
poetic banter. if you
wanted to make a name
in her court, poetry
was the way!
Sir John Harington
found this out quickly
& used it to his
advantage
Treason doth never prosper: whats the reason?/why, if it
prosper, none dare call it treason. #sauceygodson
I greatly thank the king your master,/and would (such love in me his fame
hath bred)/my body venture so: but not my head #doomed
behind her cushion at my departing from her
presence#politicaladvantage
Like as you read my verse, so read my fortunefrom your
hinges saucey godson #queenlovesme #fav
inspiring youngsters to criticize w/ epigrams. take it a step further
@sirjohndavies. fight the good fight! #sauceygodson4eves
that
saucey was a
character!
why did they choose poetry to
criticize authority?
of course, he
didnt turn to
twitter to
criticize
everythinghe
also used FB!
Saucey &
Davies never
meant to be
career poets!
during this time,
poetry could
provide
opportunities. it
was a form of
selfpromotion!
Saucey
godson here!
the dog is right, my
poetry made up for
my class
status!
Sir
Sau John
ce
y g Harin
od
g
so t o n
n
aka
clean
home,
disease free,
politically clean
thats my kind of
John!
for
example, i
invented the
flushing toilet but
it was an analogy for
a clean political
system!
Saucey
went too far
w/that critic
be gone w/ you
from my
court!
Queen Elizabeth I
self-promotion & self-expression!
n of
circulatio
ork
w
d
create
great
r
fo
d
allowe
g
on st the
visibility am
audience!
even
toda
y, if
are
crea not acti you
v
ting
or c ely
cont
u
r
a
netw ent on y ting
o
o
ur
rks
q uic k
ly be you will
rele
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r
wh bre
ca
Ma
ive s n,
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inst en his
a...h
e
not
rele s
v
ant
anym
ore!
what was the most recopied piece
of work form this time?
what a
wise
question!
sir thomas
wyatts The
pillar perishd is
whereto i leant
T
ex Cr ho
ec ow ma
in
s
u
sp tio ell
ir
n
th at w s
is
io a
po n f s m
em or y
!
si
o
th
as
t
ya
w
ry
w et al
o
n
po ic
i k u t li t .
o
s
o
ab w p nes
i
l
al sho app
h
to un
too much
denouncement!
off to the tower
of london for
you!
saying goodbye is never easy
ive had fun
talking you
through this
journey but i gtg!
its my nap time!
s
let a
take look
per is
dee
h
at t m
e
o
p
Who so ioyes such kinde of like to holde
in prison ioyes, fettred with cheines of gold
the powar of them, to whom fortune hathe lent
charge over vs, of right, to strike the stroke
of
im
f
no ende
t
d
fo bli , i do
ll
nd
fur ow ly
t
my ther o
se
lf
!
my
court is not
corrupt!
how
does this
relate to
social media
now?
ty
ili no hat
m
hu e is m w t
ur
lin ro
on nt f is co
e
r & h om
fe
r
dif enry lt f as.
e
h
f
om
th
so
al t is ing
l
i
y he
pp
,
op
as log rec ng t
i
e
b
re r to ang sag
h
s
a
il & c m e
sim ms nal
i
e
po rig
o
sometimes
you got to be
you!
