Question

Richard Lovelace - The Scrutiny Who would have been the audience of his poem? + what this signifies x3

Accepted Answer

•Phallocentric audience would have been other male royalists with cavalier beliefs - expresses tone of braggery, yet acknowledging that they are morally corrupt•So is this a sincere endorsement of being promiscuous, or satire?•Could be considered that Lovelace is under Cavalier pressure to present such views => makes him exaggerative and dramatic i.e. with image of different hair colours?

Front	Richard Lovelace - The Scrutiny Who would have been the audience of his poem? + what this signifies x3
Back	•Phallocentric audience would have been other male royalists with cavalier beliefs - expresses tone of braggery, yet acknowledging that they are morally corrupt •So is this a sincere endorsement of being promiscuous, or satire? •Could be considered that Lovelace is under Cavalier pressure to present such views => makes him exaggerative and dramatic i.e. with image of different hair colours?

Lovelace Audience Cavalier Richard Scrutiny Poem Signifies X3