Poetry test Flashcards
what is the rhyme scheme of petrarchan sonnet
ABBA ABBA CDCDCD / CDECDE / CDCCDC
what is the rhyme scheme of spenserian sonnet
ABAB BCBC CDCD EE
what is rhyme scheme of shakespearian sonnet
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
where does volta occur for petrarchan sonnet and spenserian sonnet
after line 8
where does volta occur for shakesperain sonnet
sometimes before line 8 , mostly before couplet
what is when i consider how my light is spent by john milton about
blind guy reflecting about his life and how God gave him talent of writing but he cant use it bc blind? will he get into heaven? patience reassures him
what is meditation 17 about by john donne
we’re all affected by each other
in meditation 17 what is man compared to
page or chapter in book
in meditation 17 what is translating into a different language mean
salvation
in meditation 17 what does translators mean
causes for death
in meditation 17 what is the library
heaven
what literary device is “any man’s death diminished me, because i am involved in mankind and therefore never send to now for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for the”
paradox, the bell can’t toll for u bc you dead.
- when one person dies a little piece of you dies too. it affects all man kind
what is holy sonnet 10 about
Death doesn’t kill people, it just welcomes them to eternal life. it can’t kill bc ppl will be remembered
