Song for St. Cecilia’s Day (John Dryden)
Song for St. Cecilia’s Day (John Dryden)
“A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day” is a poem written by English poet and literary critic John Dryden. The poem, written in 1687, is an ode, which is a form of lyric poetry. The Poem is an ode in praise of St. Cecilia. What makes the poem cohesive is the fact that the poem is sung for a patron saint of music. St. Cecilia, according to legend, sang in praise of God during her wedding as a group of musicians played. St. Cecilia represented one’s devotion and love for God in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
The poetic style, an ode, and the subject itself both revolve around music. In the poem, Dryden associates certain “Passions” with specific instruments. This gives the poem an imaginary but vivid orchestral background, as if the poem was being recited with music. The lyricism of the poem fits with the rhythm of an upbeat song, emphasizing the praise that Dryden gives St. Cecilia, and the praise that St. Cecilia gave to God during her wedding. lows of
The poem attempts to connect passion with the musical notes in Dryden’s interpretation or personal definition of spiritual enlightenment. The passion that St. cecilia exhibits in her mythology is being mirrored by Dryden in his poem, and Dryden believes that the sonic component of music is the language of the soul when communicating with the divine. In this sense, Dryden’s lyric poem is similar to the transcendentalist writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreav, and Walt Whitman. This is evident in the way Dryden associates music with biblical references, such as the fall of man after being exiled from the Garden of Eden. Dryden uses these religious references and symbolism to articulate his thesis; that the human emotions evoked by music is a divine phenomenon, and that the music humans create from emotions is a response to that phenomenon.
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