Sonnets Test Flashcards

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Name that author: Had a pet pig

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Robert Herrick

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Name that author: Wrote “The Faerie Queene”

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Edmund Spenser

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Name that author: His sonnets are written on the dominant theme of love

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William Shakespeare

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Name that author: Became active in politics

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Andrew Marvell

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Name that author: Wrote 154 Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

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Name that author: Wrote “To the Virgins”

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Robert Herrick

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Name that author: Worked as a tutor before assisting John Milton

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Andrew Marvell

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Name that author: Spent most of his time in Ireland

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Edmund Spenser

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Name that author: Became a priest

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Robert Herrick

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Name that author: Wrote “ To His Coy Mistress”

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Andrew Marvell

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What are the two main types of sonnets?

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Petrarchan (Italian) and Shakespearean (English)

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How many lines do sonnets contain?

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14

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What meter are sonnets written in?

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Iambic Pentameter

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A sonnet is divided into three what? And one what?

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quatrains; couplet

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A group of four lines that rhyme ABAB is a what?

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Quatrain

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16
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Sonnets which follow one another are called what?

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Sequence

17
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The Faerie Queene is an allegory. Name two of the characters from this work and what they represent.

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Una (truth), Duessa (falsehood), Sansloy (lawlessness), Abessa (superstition), Corceca (Ignorance), The Red Cross Knight (Mankind)

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What are the two major characters in the Shakespearean Sonnets?

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  1. a beloved young man & friend (usually spoken of fondly and praised)
  2. a dark woman (often depicted as dark, malicious, and ordinary)
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Describe the three sections in “To His Coy Mistress”.

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The 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 time 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

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What are three ways that “To His Coy Mistress” and “To the Virgins” are similar?

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  1. Both poems are carpe diem poems
  2. Both poems talk about the passage and limits of time
  3. Both are addressed to virgins and encourage lovers to use the time they have both encourage lovers to use the time they have (have sex while you’re young)
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What Movement does this writer belong to? Christopher Marlowe

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Elizabethan Era

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What Movement does this writer belong to? Edmund Spenser

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Elizabethan Era

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What Movement does this writer belong to? Sir Walter Raleigh

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Elizabethan Era

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What Movement does this writer belong to? King James Bible produced

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Jacobean (published in 1611)

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What Movement does this writer belong to? Francis Bacon

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Jacobean

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What Movement does this writer belong to? Robert Herrick

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Cavalier Poet, Caroline Age

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What Movement does this writer belong to? John Suckling

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Cavalier Poet, Caroline Age

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What Movement does this writer belong to? John Milton

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Commonwealth (Puritan Interregnum)

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What Movement does this writer belong to? Andrew Marvell

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Commonwealth (Puritan Interregnum)

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What Movement does this writer belong to? Thomas Hobbes

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Commonwealth (Puritan Interregnum)

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Rhyme Scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet

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ABABCDCDEFEFGG