General Flashcards
1
Q
When the body is split into separate images.
A
Blason
2
Q
What is the term in a sonnet for a turn in the form and usually tone/subject matter etc?
A
Volta
3
Q
What is the rhyme scheme of Petrarch’s sonnets?
A
Octave: abba abba
Sestet: Various - eg. cdcdcd or cdecde
Important: Avoids rhyming couplet at end.
4
Q
What did Sidney say was the purpose of poetry?
A
‘To teach and delight’
The Defence of Poesy
5
Q
Why, in thinking about Sidney’s The Defence of Poesy, did poetry need defending?
A
It was thought that eloquence and rhetoric could be better put to use in other subjects such as law. Poetry was seen as contemplative rather than active and therefore lesser in humanist eyes.
