2. Middle English Poetry and religious prose Flashcards
1
Q
anonymous works
A
a. The Owl and the Nightingale
b. King Horn
c. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
d. Everyman
e. The Castle of Perseverance
2
Q
f. William The Conqueror
A
Domesday Book
3
Q
h. John Wycliffe
A
The Wycliffite Bible
4
Q
g. Layamon
A
Brut, King Arthur
5
Q
k. John Lydgate
A
The Troy Book
The Siege of Thebes
6
Q
o. William Dunbar
A
Lament for the Makers
7
Q
rhyme royal
A
seven lines
ababbcc
8
Q
heroic couplet
A
two lines
iambic pentameter
9
Q
Geoffrey Chaucer
A
Troilus and Criseyde
The Legend of Good Women
The Canterbury Tales
10
Q
Thomas Hoccleve
A
La Male Regle
11
Q
m. King James I of Scotland
A
The Kingis Quair
12
Q
n. Robert Henryson
A
The Testament of Cresseid