Authors
Literature Terms
Themes
Quotes
Elizabethan Literature
100
Considered to be the greatest writer of all time
Who is Shakespeare?
100
A classical love poem dealing with shepherds and rustic life
What is a pastoral?
100
emphasizes the brevity of life
What is "On the Life of Man"?
100
"Come live with me and be my love, / And we will all the pleasures prove."
What is "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?
100
this literature form reached its height during the elizabethan age
What is drama?
200
Was instrumental in developing the book of common prayer
Who is Thomas Cranmer?
200
A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter
What is a sonnet?
200
the excellence of eternal spiritual love over all other kinds of earthly love
What is "Leave Me O Love"?
200
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this company, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony."
What is "The Book of Common Prayer"?
200
the English Renaissance occurred at the same time as this other significant event
What is the English Reformation?
300
Developed the essay
Who is Sir Francis Bacon?
300
the regular recurrence of sound
What is rhythm?
300
dim view of men's faithfulness
What is "Balthazar's Song"?
300
"Upon a great adventure he was bound, / That greatest Gloriana to him gave, / That greatest Glorious Queene of Farie lond, / To winne him worship, and her grace to have, / Which of all earthly things he most did crave"
What is "The Fairie Queene"?
300
The year the King James Version of the Bible was published
What is 1611?
400
Developed the romantic allegory
Who is Edmund Spenser?
400
a work of moderate length in which the author develops his thoughts on a subject
What is an essay?
400
friend will become immortal through the beauty of the poem
What is "Sonnet 18"?
400
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate"
What is "Sonnet 18"?
400
The first bible to separate into chapter and verse
What is the Geneva Bible?
500
England's first poet laureate
Who is Ben Jonson?
500
one speech given alone by a character on the stage
What is a soliloquy?
500
welcomes God's chastening as a sign of love
What is "A Hymn to God the Father"?
500
"He that knows one of their towns knows them all - they are so like one another, except where the situation makes some difference."
What is "Utopia"?
500
The most popular type of meter in Elizabethan poetry
What is iambic pentameter?
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