Poetry A03 Flashcards
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
Who were they addressed to?
154
- 126 are to ‘the fair youth’- a male.
- 28 are to a ‘dark lady’ and are overtly sexual.
what contextual concept did renaissance writers use to place value and worth?
trade
When was Charles I executed?
1649
When was Oliver Cromwell in power?
1649-60
When was the glorious revolution?
What happened
1688
James II was peacefully overthrown by William of Orange who ruled with Mary.
What was ‘The comedy of manners’
A theatrical movement of the Restoration era, it was bawdy and mocking
How can the themes of restoration literature be classed?
‘sex, class and romance.’ They weren’t too fussed in nature.
What did many people believe had caused the plague outbreak of 1665 and the great fire of 1666?
‘Abhorrent royal court corruptions.’
When were ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’ produced?
1789
In Blake’s ‘Proverbs of Hell,’ what does he say of religious figures?
‘The priest lays his curse on the fairest of joys.’
What movement is Blake often considered to be a forerunner of?
The free love movement.
It sought to separate the state from sexual matters such as marriage.
Mary Wollstonecraft- ‘Vindication of the rights of women’ 1792
What was the aim of Keat’s poetry?
To bring a revival of medieval literature.
‘I sat her on my pacing Steed’
How did Romantic poets view the Enlightenment?
It was an attack on arts, they wanted to rebel against it and revitalise the ancient arts of Rome and Greece.
What is ‘Manna-Dew’
Food that the Israelites ate when they were wondering the desert in the Bible
How can it be said that Thomas Wyatt heightens his muse by comparing her to Jesus?
The quote ‘noli me tangere for Caesar’s I ame,’ echoes the book of John in the Bible, Jesus says, ‘Touch me not for I am not yet ascended to my father.’
