Vocabulary
This poem has fourteen lines that follow a rhyme scheme, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
What is sonnet?
It is the earliest form of the English language
What is Old English ?
Known as the "Bard of Avon"
Who is William Shakespeare?
The period saw the rise of the novel.
What is Victorian period?
William Butler Yeats and Thomas Stearns Eliot wrote Modernist poems during the period.
Did they write Modernist poems in 20th Century?
This refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker's personal emotions and feelings.
What is lyric poetry?
One significant work written in Old English
What is Beowulf?
This period is the golden age of English literature.
What is Elizabethan literature?
He was considered to be the greatest English novelist of the 19th century and wrote Great Expectations.
Who is Charles Dickens
He wrote The Tower, The Winding Stair, and New Poems,
What did William Butler Yeats write?
This is a long narrative poem usually about a hero and his deeds.
What is epic poem?
It is the longest epic poem in Old English. It is known for its use of kennings.
What is Beowulf?
This period is the golden age of lyric poetry.
What is romantic period?
He is known for his dramatic monologues, wrote the famous poem “My Last Duchess.”
Who is Robert Browning?
His masterpieces are “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “The Waste Land.”
What were Thomas Stearns Eliot masterpieces?
This is a long prose narrative usually about fictional characters and events, which are told in a particular sequence.
What is novel?
It is a blend Old English and Norman French
What is Middle English?
His best plays include Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice.
Who is William Shakespeare?
He is the best dramatist of the period. He wrote the masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
This piece of writing tells a story through dialogue, and it is performed on stage.
What is drama?
The father of English literature
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?