Renaissance Mini Test Flashcards
Whose sonnets are written on the dominate theme, love?
Shakespeare
Whose sonnets are written on the dominate theme, love?
Shakespeare
Who had a pet pig?
Robert Herrick
Who wrote “To His Coy Mistress”?
Andrew Marvell
Who wrote “Faerie Queen”?
Edmund Spenser
Who wrote “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”?
Robert Herrick
Who had a pet pig?
Robert Herrick
Who wrote “To His Coy Mistress”?
Andrew Marvell
Who wrote “Faerie Queen”?
Edmund Spenser
Who wrote “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”?
Robert Herrick
Who wrote 154 sonnets?
Shakespeare
Who spent most of his time in Ireland?
Edmund Spenser
Who worked as a tutor before assisting John Milton?
Andrew Marvell
Who became a priest?
Robert Herrick
Who became active in politics?
Andrew Marvell
Two Main Types of Sonnets
Petrarchan and Shakespearean
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
The meter sonnets are usually wrote in?
Iambic pentameter
Shakespeare sonnets are usually divided into 3 ___ and 1 ___.
3 quatrains and 1 couplet
Sonnets which follow one another are?
sonnet sequence
Two characters from the Faerie Queen and what they stand for.
The Red Cross Knights- mankind
Duessa- falsehood
Two major characters in Shakespeare sonnets and be specific.
- A beloved young man and friend (usually spoken of fondly and praised)
- A dark woman (often depicted as dark, malicious, and ordinary)
3 distinct sections in “To His Coy Mistress” and what are they about?
- First section is a list of all the things he would do to praise her if there were enough time in the world.
- The second section is a shift from timelessness to the limits of times and all that will be lost.
- The final section is seen as a plea to the young woman to take control of the time that they have.
3 ways that “To His Coy Mistress” and “To the Virgins…” are similar.
- carpe diem poems
- broke down into 3 parts which explain something different
- sonnets talk about the passing of time
