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18 Cards in this Set
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Who was an ambassador for Henry VIII?
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Sir Thomas Wyatt
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What did Sir Thomas Wyatt do?
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He brought the love sonnet to England from Italy.
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What were most of Sir Thomas Wyatt's sonnets like?
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adaptations of translations of Petrarch's sonnets
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Who was executed by Henry VIII at age 30?
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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
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What was significant about Henry Howard?
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he was the first to use blank verse
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what is blank verse?
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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how did a lot of people write sonnets?
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in sonnet sequences
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what is a sonnet sequence?
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a group of sonnets on a related theme (Shakespeare)
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What was special about the petrarchian/Italian sonnet?
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adressed to a beautiful, virtuous woman who is completely indifferent to the poet. expressed hopeless love.
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what were the P/I sonnets known for?
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conceits
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what is a conceit?
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a metaphot that makes a surprising connection between 2 seemingly dissimilar things (love is a baited hook)
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what is the structure of an italian/petrarchian sonnet?
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14 lines of iambic pentameter. octave-1st 8 lines. sestet-last 6 lines.
the turn (emotional change)is in the sestet because the octave describes the situation. |
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What type of sonnet has no turns?
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the Spenserian sonnet
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what is the structure of a spenserian sonnet?
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14 lines, 3 four line quatrains and a couplet.
quatrain expresses related ideas and couplet sums up poem's conclusion or message. |
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rhyme sceme of SS?
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abab bcbc cdcd ee
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rhyme sceme of italian sonnet?
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abbaabba cdecde or cdcdcd
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what type of sonnet has a very simple rhyme scheme?
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the english/shakespearean sonnet
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what is the structure of the english/shakespearean sonnet?
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14 lines, 3 quatrains and a couplet. iambic pent. and the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.
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