U11 L12 Elizabethan Literature Flashcards
Elizabethan poetry consists primarily of what forms?
song and sonnet
What is the form of a sonnet?
- 14 lines
- iambic pentameter
What are the two common categories of sonnets?
- Petrarchan/ Italian
- Shakespearean/ English
What is the form of a Petrarchan sonnet?
- 8 octave
- 6 sestet
- abba abba
What is the form of a Shakespearean sonnet?
- 3 quatrains, couplet
- abab cdcd efef gg
What is the form of the Spenserian sonnet?
- 3 set rhymes
- abab bcbc cdcd ee
During the reign of Elizabeth and James I, what style began to develop?
English prose
What is considered the most beautifully written English translation of the Bible?
King James Version
What are the 3 literary forms of the Bible?
- psalms
- epistles
- parables
What is a psalm?
song
What is an epistle?
letter (NT)
Francis Bacon wrote in a () style
witty, pithy
Elizabethan prose consisted of Eng translations of () classic sand first attempts at ()
- Greek and Roman
- novellas