Renaissance Poetry Flashcards

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Raleigh

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The Nymph’s reply to the Shepherd

Time destroys the gifts, otherwise she would be with him

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Marlowe

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The Passionate Shepherd to his Love

Gives gifts for love

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Herrick

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To virgins to make much of time

Time is short,have fun

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Marvell

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To his coy mistress

Would admire body forever if he had more time. Would admire her heart last

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Sidney

Soldier/sailor

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Astrophil and Stella sonnet 31

Addresses the moon

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Jonson

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On my first son/ to Celia

Should you envy the dead/ “drink to me only with thine eyes” unrequited beauty

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Donne

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For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee
If 1 person dies then we all suffer
Meditation 17
God as author of lives
Holy sonnets
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Wyatt

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Whose list to hunt

Metaphor for a taken woman

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Herbert

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Easter wing/ the altar

Concrete poetry that explains his feelings

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