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29 Cards in this Set
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coined term metaphysical poetry
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Samuel Johnson
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most famous metaphysical poet
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John Donne
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created the first dictionary
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Samuel Johnson
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Shakespeare's sponsor during late renaissance
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earl of South Hampton
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what type of sonnets did Shakespeare write
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Elizabethan
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another name for Donne's love poems
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songs and sonnets
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to what did Donne compare his marriage and explain
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a compass
his wife was the needle and kept him from straying |
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what poet's sonnets were also called "holy sonnets"
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John Donne
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Shakespeare's best friend
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Ben Johnson
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why was Johnson almost executed
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killed an actor in an argument over how the play should be performed
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define masque
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elaborate play, like a Broadway play
expensive; usually for royalty |
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which poet was a brick layer
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Ben Johnson
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what was written on Ben Johnson's tombstone
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"Oh Rare Ben Johnson"
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which poet wrote about his deceased son calling him his "best piece of poetry."
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Ben Johnson
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syntax
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how a poem is structured
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what was interesting about Ben Johnson's writing style?
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wrote out in prose then converted it to verse
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In Ben Johnson's "To Celia," what did he deny and why?
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he denied jove nectar for the woman he was writing for
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which poet was a friend of Ben Johnson as well as a "son of Ben"
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Robert Herrick
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define wantonness
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playful, flirtatious
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In "Still to Be Neat," what is Ben Johnson trying to say?
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he speaks about women's makeup
he likes a girl who is natural and isn't "hiding" anything |
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what is a carpe diem poem? And give 2 examples
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"seize the day"
To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time To His Coy Mistress |
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Anglican priest who wrote much about religious things
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George Herbert
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Who wrote and what is the Temple?
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a compilation of all of Herbert's poems
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calligramme
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shaped verse
poem is in a shape like the Altar |
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define a cavalier poet
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supported king
royalist go against the grain wrote sprezzatura poems |
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what's so special about the King James Version Bible?
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#1 achievement of the renaissance
refers to the original texts rather than another translation |
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list the 3 most important non-dramatic poets and their works
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chaucer-Canterbury Tales
Spenser- Fairy Queen Milton- Paradise Lost |
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what was Milton's work about censorship?
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areopagitica
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vegetable love
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love grows over time
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell |
