Brit Lit Test 2

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The Faerie Queene

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Edmund Spenser

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Amoretti #75(author and description)

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Edmund Spenser

A man attempts to write his lover's name in the sand, only to have the tide wash it away.

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Astrophil and Stella #31 (author and description)

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Sir Philip Sidney

A man looks up at the moon, and sees that the moon looks as mournful as he over lack of finding love.

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Sonnets #18 (author and description)

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William Shakespeare

A man compares his love to a summer's day, and finds the summer wanting compared to his love, for it fades and his love does not.

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Sonnets #73 (author and description)

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William Shakespeare

A man compares the end of his life and love to the beginnings of winter, where all nature seems to die.

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Sonnets #116 (author and description)

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William Shakespeare

A man talks about how true love is unwavering, doesn't seek changes in others.

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Sonnets #130 (author and description)

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William Shakespeare

An anti-Petrarchan sonnet about a man discussing how his love is not perfect, but is plain and a bit gross, but he loves her still.

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On Monsieur's Departure (author and description)

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Queen Elizabeth I

The queen mourns her love falling through, and how she must act as though nothing is wrong, or else seem weak.

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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (author and description)

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Christopher Marlowe

A pastoral poem in which a shepherd pleads with his love to come live with him in the fields, promising her gifts from the land, and joy eternal.

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The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd (author and description)

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Sir Walter Raleigh

A commentary on "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" in which the female replies saying all these promises mean nothing because they are fleeting things, and is unmoved to join the Shepherd.

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The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus

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Christopher Marlowe

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Renaissance

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An artistic movement. Art valued for art's sake. Use of classical Greek/Roman influence. Focus on dignity of humans, present life, and the impermanence of the world. Focus on structure and order.

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The Reformation

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England changed from Roman Catholic to Anglican.

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Allegory

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Using something to represent something else. (Ex. A young woman represents innocence.)

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Pastoral poem

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A poem that focuses on nature and a simple life free of materialism.

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Sonnet

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A short poem, usually about love.

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Sonnet sequence

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A series of sonnets that tell a story, but could also be read on their own.

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Patronage

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The cost of publishing a book was high, so authors had to impress a rich or successful person in order to get financial backing to make a living writing.

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(Essay) Petrarchan Sonnet format

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14 lines, octave and sestet. Iambic pentameter. Abba abba cdcdee rhyme scheme.

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(Essay) Petrarchan sonnet content

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Octave is about a man looking at the moon and seeing familiar loneliness in it. Sestet is about him wondering if it is because women are fickle and vainglorious.