when he was 30 years old. David reigned for 40 years. During his final years he was bedridden, but at the time of Absalom’s death he was able to flee across the Jordan River to avoid Absoloan’s attempt to take the throne. So, Absalom’s rebellion and death most likely occurred when David was 60 to 70 years of age.

He is first mentioned as murdering his half brother Amnon, David’s eldest son, in revenge for the rape of his full sister Tamar. For this he was driven into banishment, but he was eventually restored to favour through the good offices of his cousin Joab.

Amnon fell in love with Tamar, raped her, then rejected her in disgrace. For two years Absalom kept silent, sheltering Tamar in his home. He had expected his father David to punish Amnon for his act. Gradually, Absalom began to undermine King David, usurping his authority and speaking against him to the people.

Absalom seems to know right and wrong pretty well. He knew he had to do something about this wicked act to his sister who he loved very much. No one should get away with that like nothing happened. He knew he had to flee away once he had Amnon killed as well.

Asa began to revive the practices of his ancestor King David for the purpose of ensuring proper conduct before God. Toward that end, Asa ejected prostitutes, destroyed all idols, and removed Maacah from her royal position because she had built an obscene memorial to the whore goddess Asherah.

Absalom metaphorically represents Charles II’s illegitimate son James Scott, the 1st Duke of Monmouth, who rebelled against Charles and the throne in Dryden’s time.

He took a leading part in the revolt of David’s son Absalom, and Ahithophel’s defection was a severe blow to David. Having consulted Ahithophel about his plans to proceed against David, Absalom then sought advice from Hushai, another of David’s counselors.

Synopsis. Dryden’s poem tells the story of the first foment by making Monmouth into Absalom, the beloved boy, Charles into David (who also had some philandering), and Shaftesbury into Achitophel.

His “Absalom and Achitophel” is regarded as not simply a satire, but a poem as Dryden himself calls it “a poem.” The central theme is : Temptation, sin, fall and punishment.

The Popish Plot Term Analysis. Dryden allegorizes the Popish Plot in “Absalom and Achitophel” as the “plot,” advanced by Achitophel and created by Corah, to discredit David and his brother and place Absalom on the throne.

The poem “Absalom and Achitophel” uses an aa, bb, cc, etc. rhyme scheme and is set in iambic pentameter. It is fitting for a very long poem to be in iambic pentameter. After all, Shakespeare wrote parts of his plays in iambic pentameter (but did not always use rhyme).

In the Bible, Zimri is king of Israel for seven days, but he is no real threat to David or the throne in “Absalom and Achitophel.” Zimri likely represents George Villiers, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, an English statesman and poet who had disgraced himself in war, organized an unsuccessful plot against the government.

Walter Scott

Dryden further states that what cannot be presented on the stage can be presented in epic through words. So, Dryden feels that heroic poem or epic is the greatest work of human nature. In comparison to tragedy, the action in epic is greater than that of action in tragedy in terms of magnitude.

1. THE RESTORATION AGE (1660-1700) The period from 1660 to 1700 is known as the Restoration period or the Age of Dryden because monarchy was restored in England. The atmosphere of gaiety and cheerfulness, of licentiousness and moral laxity was restored. The theatres were reopened.

John Donne

10 Essential Types of Poetry

• Acrostic. You might have encountered the acrostic poem in school!
• Haiku. The haiku is a type of Japanese poetry that is derived from the longer renga form.
• Ode.
• Sonnet.
• Pantoum.
• Villanelle.
• Ekphrastic.
• Ghazal.

William Wordsworth, (born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England—died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount, Westmorland), English poet whose Lyrical Ballads (1798), written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the English Romantic movement.