U11 L12 Elizabethan Literature Flashcards

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Elizabethan poetry consists primarily of what forms?

A

song and sonnet

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What is the form of a sonnet?

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  • 14 lines

- iambic pentameter

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What are the two common categories of sonnets?

A
  • Petrarchan/ Italian

- Shakespearean/ English

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What is the form of a Petrarchan sonnet?

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  • 8 octave
  • 6 sestet
  • abba abba
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What is the form of a Shakespearean sonnet?

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  • 3 quatrains, couplet

- abab cdcd efef gg

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What is the form of the Spenserian sonnet?

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  • 3 set rhymes

- abab bcbc cdcd ee

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During the reign of Elizabeth and James I, what style began to develop?

A

English prose

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What is considered the most beautifully written English translation of the Bible?

A

King James Version

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What are the 3 literary forms of the Bible?

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  • psalms
  • epistles
  • parables
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What is a psalm?

A

song

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What is an epistle?

A

letter (NT)

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Francis Bacon wrote in a () style

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witty, pithy

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Elizabethan prose consisted of Eng translations of () classic sand first attempts at ()

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  • Greek and Roman

- novellas

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