Anglican priest and poet of "Easter Wings", he was born in 1593 and died in 1633.
Who is George Herbert?
100
Metaphysical poets are most linked to this term, which is an "extended metaphor" (ex. the flea as a metaphor for marriage).
What is a conceit?
100
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is:
What is ABABCDCDEFEFGG?
100
When a sentence runs over one line of the poem, this is known as ________.
What is enjambment?
200
Influence on Shakespeare, thought to be born the same year as Shakespeare, wrote in blank verse.
Who is Marlowe?
200
A break in the line, often signified by punctuation, often seen in Spenser's sonnets.
What is a caesura?
200
A Petrarchan sonnet typically features this, when the poem turns from the problem/argument to the solution
What is a volta?
200
This poem compares a bug to the "marriage bed" as means of convincing a young woman to give herself to the speaker.
What is "The Flea"?
200
Shakespeare's sonnets are thought to be written to/about _________.
Who is a young man?
300
Metaphysical poet, wrote both erotic love poems and religious poetry.
Who is John Donne?
300
Shakespeare's sonnets use the continued imagery of nature. Notably, flowers. Flowers symbolize:
What is youth, virility (fertility), beauty, etc.
300
Donne's fear-inducing color imagery and descriptions of death in his sonnets are meant to persuade the audience to do this.
What is convert/repent?
300
Donne writes that he and his wife are a compass joined as one in this poem.
What is "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
300
Sonnet 137 personifies what concept as "a blind fool"?
What is love?
400
Wrote negatively about the Irish people, most famous for writing "The Faerie Queene".
Who is Edmund Spenser?
400
"Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,/ By shallow Rivers to whose falls/ Melodious birds sing Madrigals." contains three instances of
What is alliteration?
400
Shakespearean sonnets 130, 137, 138 are part of this grouping.
What are the dark lady sonnets?
400
"To His Coy Mistress" is known as a ______________ poem, as it encourages the subject to take advantage of the day.
What is "carpe diem"?
400
The last line of a Spenserian sonnet is known as an Alexandrine, which is written in _______ (be sure to explain).
What is iambic hexameter?
500
Andrew Marvell was born in ______.
What is 1621?
500
Give one example of a hyperbole that Marvell uses to "persuade" his mistress.
*Multiple responses*
500
Placing opposing phrases or words close to one another, like "wisdom, beauty, and increase;/ Without this folly, age, and cold decay" is known as this.
What is juxtaposition?
500
Explain the tonal shifts that occur in the poem "Easter Wings" and how these connect to the form of the poem.
*Multiple answers
500
In Shakespearean plays, the low class characters speak in prose (regular conversation, seen in novels & short stories), while the high class characters speak in _______ (poetry written in iambic pentameter)