쿠퍼의 언덕 과 윈저 숲 에 나타난 정치적 자연풍경

Abstract

Hiesup ChoiSir John Denham's Cooper's Hill and Alexander Pope's Windsor Forest have lots of things in common; the invocation of Muse at the beginning, appearance of Windsor Forest and the Thames, hunting scene, the development of England, and hope for the bright future. The most important thing in common in both poems is that the landscape is used as a tool to praise the king and the queen respectively.As Denham praises the king Charles I in Cooper's Hill, so Pope praises the queen Anne in Windsor Forest. When Denham invokes the Muse's help at the beginning of the poem, he introduces the king and his palace. This method is duly copied by Pope, when he asks Muse to give help under Granville's order. Windsor Forest and the Thames are used as symbols of a peaceful and powerful reign of the king and the queen. The Thames flows forward the sea, and the trees in Windsor Forest become the fleet of the navy. That shows England's everlasting development in power and economy. In both poems there appears the hunting scene. The scene suggests the cruel political situation at that time. The political turbulence ends by the king and the queen. This means that the chaos and disorder turn into harmony and order by the reign of Charles I and Anne. Both poems emphasize the present development in comparison with the past. They describe it as the result of glorious rule of the king Charles I and the queen Anne respectively. They pray for the England's future to develop forever. In short, in both poems, the poets use the natural landscape as a tool to praise the reign of the king Charles I and the queen Anne.