English Flashcards
1
Q
“Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage, rage against the dying light”
A
- Do not go gentle into that goodnight
- Thomas
- 20th Century
2
Q
“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derived by vanity: and my eyes burned with anguish and anger”
A
- Araby
- Joyce
- 20th Century
3
Q
Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
A
- Coleridge
- Romanticism
4
Q
Lord of the Flies
A
- Modernism
- Golding
5
Q
Modest Proposal
A
- Restoration
- Swift
6
Q
Ulysses
A
- Tennyson
- Victorian
7
Q
Renaissance/ Restoration
A
- Monarchy Restored
- 2 Types of poetry:
- Cavalier:
- grace, charm, seize the day
- Metaphysical
- Intellect and Will
- Cavalier:
8
Q
Romanticism
A
- lyric poetry
- emotions, observations, personal experience
9
Q
20th Century
A
-Modernism/Age of Anxiety
10
Q
Shakespearean Sonnet
A
- 3 sets of 4 lines (quatrains) and 1 couplet (2 lines)
- abab, cdcd, efef
11
Q
Petrarchan Sonnet
A
- 1 octave (8 lines) and 1 sestet (6 lines)
- abba abba
12
Q
Villanelle
A
- 5 tercets (3 lines) and 1 quatraint (4 lines)
- Ex: Do not go gentle into that good night
