SEE 14 Flashcards
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The literature during Old English
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Anglo-Saxon Literature
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They overran England in the 5th century
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Germanic Tribes
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What did the Germanic Tribes brought with them as they overran England?
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Old English or the Anglo-Saxon Language
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The language spoken and written in England before 1100.
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Anglo-Saxon/Old English
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The ancestor of Middle English and Modern English
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Anglo-Saxon/Old English
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Four Dialects of Old-English Language
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Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, and West Saxon
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The dialect of the Old-English language located at the Northern England and Southeastern Scotland.
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Northumbrian
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The dialect of the Old-English language located at the central England.
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Mercian
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The dialect of the Old-English language located at the southeastern England.
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Kentish
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The dialect of the Old-English language located at the southern and southwestern England.
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West Saxon
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The other term for the Northumbrian and Mercian Dialects
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Anglian Dialects
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How does poems are handed down from generation to generation during Anglo-Saxon literature?
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Oral Traditions
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Anglo-Saxon bards
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Scops
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The scops recited the poems with an accompaniment of what?
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Harp
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They are the skilled storytellers and are regarded equal as the warriors.
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Scops
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What does the poem recited by the Scops emphasizes?
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Sorrow, Futility of Life, and Helplessness of Humans.
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What are the Genre of Anglo-Saxon Literature
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Epic Poetry, Hagiography, Sermons, Bible Translations, Legal Works, Chronicles, and Riddles.
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What do you call the frequent pauses in the Anglo-Saxon literature?
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Caesura
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Also called the elaborated metaphors
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Kennings
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Uses compound poetic phrases to substitute for the name of a person or a thing.
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Kennings
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Kennings are derived from the term what?
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Old Norse, Kenna, meaning “to perceive”, “to know”, and “to name.”
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one of the most beautiful Old English poems that recall a sense of the harshness of life and the sadness of human experience.
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The Wanderer
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What are the Four Manuscript’s of Anglo-Saxon Poetry that survived in the Old English Poems?
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- Caedmon’s Hymn
- Vercelli Book
- Exeter Book
- Nowell’s Codex
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The oldest surviving Germanic epic and the longest Old English poem.
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Beowulf
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A heroic poem
Beowulf
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A demon descended from Cain; he preyed on Grendel’s warriors in the mead hall called Hereot/Heriot; a symbol of vengeance and jealousy.
Grendel
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Scandinavian hero who killed Grendel and the dragon (his son); an imperfect hero; he became selfish when he let Grendel’s mother to take over him.
Beowulf
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King of Danes; father figure of Beowulf and a king who inspired Beowulf; he suicide after knowing that Beowulf took the offer of Grendel’s mother.
King Hrothgar
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Unnamed swamp-hag; sought for vengeance against Beowulf because he killed Grendel, her son.
Grendel's Mother
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Son of Beowulf with the swamp-hag (Grendel’s Mother); who fought Beowulf at the end of the story.
The Dragon
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a Danish warrior who is jealous of Beowulf; he gave his sword called, “Hrunting,” to Beowulf.
Unferth
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The loyal warrior of Beowulf who never left his side; the next person who will be enchanted by the swamp-hag because of the Golden Horn and because of her beauty.
Wiglaf
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it acts as a curse to whomever owns it would be allured by the swamp-hag.
Golden Horn
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Symbolizes the rebirth of the community in the mead hall every time that a problem is solved.
Banquet
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The sword given by Unferth to Beowulf as a sign of forgiveness.
Hrunting
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Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist.
St. Bede the Venerable
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With where doe St. Bede is best known?
Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People)
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A source vital to the history of the conversion of Anglo-Saxon tribes to Christianity.
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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The King of Wessex, a Saxon Kingdom in Southwestern England.
King Alfred the Great
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He prevented England from falling to Danes and promoted learning and literacy.
King Alfred the Great
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He is the first Old English Christian poet.
Caedmon
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All of his poetry was on sacred themes.
Caedmon
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Author of four Old English poem preserved in the late 10th century.
Cynewulf
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Five invaders of England
Celts, Anglo-Saxon, Romans, Danish (Viking), and the Norman COnquest.
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Inhabitants led by druids (priest).
Celts
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Two different aboriginal tribes of Celts
Britons and Gaels
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Invaders who promoted peace and unity for English people.
Anglo-Saxons
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What are the different regions named by Anglo-Saxons?
Wessex, Sussex, and East Anglia
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Three groups of Germanic Tribes of Anglo-Saxons
The Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes
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Invaders that built the Hadrian’s wall to protect themselves from Celtic tribes of the north.
Romans
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Invaders who has no enough influence in England because of English king Alfred the Great.
Danish (Viking)
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Invaders that had a 'hit-and-run' invasion
Danish (Viking)
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Invaders who organized the fastest and deepest transfer of land and wealth.
Norman Conquest
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English literature that developed during the period from 1100 to 1500 century.
Middle English Literature
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Matured and gained widespread popularity during Middle English period.
English
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Came into being when the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes came to settle in England.
English Literature
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What story did the Angles brought with them to England in the sixth century?
Beowulf
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When and where did the story Beowulf was first recorded?
1706; Sir Robert Cotton's library
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What is the second book they've found other than Beowulf?
The Wanderer
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When and where did they found the Wanderer?
1960; on the Royal Library at Canterbury.
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This made English as the perfect medium for literature.
Chaucer's poetry
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Characteristics of Middle-English literature
Impersonality, Originality, Religion, Oral Quality, Chivalry, and Romances
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This is generally applied to romantic poetry using a certain set of meters; called Metric poetry.
Metrical Romance
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A fundamental rhythmic structure of verses of lines within verses.
Meter
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Characteristics of Metrical Romance
Code of Chivalry, An Idealized Noble Hero, Women held with high regard, Mystery and Supernatural Elements, Imaginative, vast, and Fairytale-like setting, simple, predictable plot, and Quest for Adventure and Love
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a play where live actors get on a stage and act out a story in front of an audience.
Religious Dramas
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Most plays were religions and used to teach people about the Bible, lives of saints, and how to live your life the right way.
Medieval Times
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Three different types of plays
Mystery Play, Miracle Play, and Morality Plays
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These are plays taken from the bible.
Mystery Play
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Plays that are about the life and actions of a saint.
Miracle Play
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This is also called Saint's Play
Miracle Play
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Characteristics of Miracle Play
Revolve around the Main Character, Comic Scenes, Devil's character was also presented, Lives of saints and the scenes from the bible are the subject matter, and The structure is generally loose.
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A play that teach people a lesson how to live their life in accordance to the rules of the church.
Morality Play
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Features of a Morality Play
Man begins in innocence
Man falls into temptation
Man repents and is saved
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What are the three greatest temptatation of a man?
The World, The Flesh, and the Devil
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An unknown or anonymous writer.
Poet Gawain/Pearl Poet
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Wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Pearl Poet
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father of English literature
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Outstanding English poet before Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Wrote the Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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An author who was imprisoned due to criminal acts and is a prisoner-of-war.
Sir Thomas Mallory
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Famous for his Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Thomas Mallory
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English translation of Le Morte d'Arthur
The Death of Arthur
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a chivalric romance written anonymously.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Gawain represented it as his cowardice and he wears it as a badge of his sinfulness.
Green Girdle
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The lord of the castle where Gawain spent his Christmas; also the Green Knight and was enchanted by Le Faye’s magic.
Lord BErtilak
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Powerful sorceress, trained by Merlin; controlled the entire poem.
Morgan Le Faye
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Powerful sorceress, trained by Merlin; controlled the entire poem.
Morgan Le Faye
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a pilgrimage of different people with different social classes.
The Canterbury Tales
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Noblest knight in Le Morte D'Arthur; fell in love and had an affair with Queen Guinevere; a loyal knight of King Arthur; killed Gareth and Gaheris.
Launcelot/Lancelot
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Wife/queen of King Arthur; emblem of courtly courtesy; loved by Lancelot.
Queen Guinevere
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Vengeful and treacherous; always angry hehe; bad influence to King Arthur hmp; died after battling with Mordred’s army while he is still wounded.
Sir Gawain
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The sixteenth century artists who brooded on the magical transformation of power of art.
Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, and William Shakespeare
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An English playwright, poet, and translator in the 16th century.
Christopher Marlowe
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During these times, literary works are rare.
16th century
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He wrote the Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
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Wrote the Faerie Queene
Edmund Spencer
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Wrote the Alchemist
Ben Jonson
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Greatest writer in the ENglish language
William Shakespeare
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He was called "Bard of Avon"
William Shakespeare
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An epic poem and a fantastical allegory celebrating Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.
The Faerie Queene
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He wrote Troilus and Cressida, Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Othello, and Antony and Cleopatra.
William Shakespeare
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A story of good and evil
Doctor Faustus
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A devil whom Faustus summons with his initial magical experiments; warned Faustus about the horrors of hell.
Mephistopheles
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Symbolizes the pact Faustus made with the devil.
Blood
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A part of the Faerie Queene that is meant to have a symbolic meaning in the real world.
Faerie Land
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the “Alchemist” (meaning crafty or clever); disguises himself as the doctor.
Subtle
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Constantly switching roles; plays "Ulen Spiegel" or "Lungs" for the Mammon-con, and more usually he is the wiseboy "Captain Face" for everyone else.
Face
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Short for Dorothy; a prostitute; in casual sexual relationships with both Face and Subtle.
Dol
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A story where the woman was sent to the enemy's side by his father.
Troilus and Cressida
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A comic fantasy of four lovers who find themselves bewitched by fairies.
Midsummer Night's Dream
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The four lovers in Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania and Lysander
Demetrius and Helena
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Made from the juice of a flower that was struck with one of Cupid’s misfired arrows; it is used by the fairies to wreak romantic havoc because of their carelessness.
Love Potion
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A tragedy of sexual jealousy.
Othello
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First gift of Othello to Desdemona; a symbol of Othello’s love.
Handkerchief
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A tragic play
Antony and Cleopatra
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Age of the Transition or the Age of Revolution; coincided with Age of Exploration and scientific investigation; Age of Prose
17th Century
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Recurrent theme of many lyrics in 17th century
Carpe Diem
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Meaning of Carpe Diem
Seize the Day
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Where does "Carpe Diem" or "seize the day" came from?
HOrace's Odes
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THis was like God, the rule or the universe, and also like a father, the head of the family
Monarch
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Disastrous for the English theatre
Civil War
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He wrote Of Studies
Francis Bacon
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He wrote the Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
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He wrote Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
John Milton
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He wrote Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud.
John Donne
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He wrote the Church Porch
George Herbert
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He wrote, "To His Coy Mistress"
Andrew Marvell
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Wrote "TO Althea, from Prison"
Richard Lovelace
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He wrote "He that Loves a Rosy Cheek"
Thomas Carew
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He wrote "Sonnet I"
Sir JOhn Suckling
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He wrote "Gather ye rose-buds while ye can"
Robert Herrick
