Poetry Flashcards
What are the five era’s of poetry?
- Elizabethan 16th century (Shakespeare)
- Puritan 17th century (Milton)
- Cavalier 17th century (Herrick)
- Romantic 18-19th century (Wordsworth)
- Victorian 19th century (Browning)
What is the sonnet and what era is it from
The sonnet consists of 14 lines where each line in written in iambic pentameter and have a fixed rhyme scheme
From Elizabethan era
What it the difference between Petrarchan sonnet and Shakespearean sonnet?
Petrarchan came first and split the first 8 lines into to two stanzas of 4 and the last six lines into two stanzas of 3
Shakespearean split first 8 into two stanzas of four and last six into two stanzas of 4 and 2
What is the difference between puritan and cavalier poems
Puritan- writers who felt the unrestrained enjoyment of the world and moved towards a greater strictness in life
Cavalier- writers who are cynical and ironic and are called cavalier because of the resemblance to that of the kings Cavalry, these poets reacted strongly against the strictness of the puritans poets
What is an example of a Elizabethan era poem?
Poet and mode?
It is a sonnet and Sonnet XVIII
By Shakespeare
ironic Mode
What is an example of puritan era poems? Poet and mode?
On his blindness
By John Milton
Tragic mode
What is an example of cavalier era poems? Poet and mode?
To the virgins, to make much of time
Robert Herrick
Comic mode
What is the romantic era?
A romantic era poem meant the abandonment of old accepted rules in society like politics, religion and literature. It initiated a new response to beauty and new ideology of freedom
What makes a romantic poem?
- common man was idealized, and basic goodness of mankind was presented
- there was a return to simplicity especially in lifestyles
- a return to lyrical expression of personal feelings and emotions
- heavy emphasis on nature
What is an example of romantic era poetry? Poet and mode?
London, 1802
By William Wordsworth
Philosophic mode
What is the Victorian age?
An age where the emphasis was on law and order, where proper social image was important. Victorian writers wrote literature with the purpose of instructing.
Did not want to paint a picture of themselves but if the world around them
What are two examples of Victorian age poetry? Poet and mode?
Break, Break, Break By Alfred Lord Tennyson Tragic mode My last duchess Robert Browning
What is a dramatic monologue and what era is it found?
It presents a dramatic moment of the speakers life and reveals speakers character
Includes a listener who does not speak
It is in Victorian era
What is the tragic mode?
Poems which view a pessimistic view of life
Discuss tragedy rather then present it
Works dominated by doubt, sadness and despair
What is the comic mode?
Character and his problem entertains the audience rather then saddens them
