Renaissance Poetry
To whom does Raleigh address his Nymph's reply?
The Shepherd
Name Macbeth's best friend, who later haunts him.
Banquo
Famously, Paradise Lost doesn't rhyme. What kind of verse is it written in?
Blank verse
"At court I met it, in clothes brave enough
To be a courtier, and looks grave enough
To seem a statesman"
On Something That Walks Somewhere
The crab grass was flourishing but the rest of the lawn, unfortunately, was dying.
flourishing, but
One of Donne's famous Valedictions forbids what action?
Mourning
When his speaker asks "shall I compare thee to a summer's day," how does he answer? (does not need to be the exact line)
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
(summer doesn't measure up, essentially)
Where do the fallen angels first land, when expelled from Heaven?
Lake of fire
"She's all states, and all princes, I,
Nothing else is."
The Sun Rising
The computer could perform millions of operations in a split second however, it could not think spontaneously.
second; however,
Name this famous form wherein the speaker tries to convince his love the sun has not yet risen.
Aubade
Name any one of the prophecies given to Macbeth by the witches.
- He'll be king
- He'll be thane
- He can only die to a man not of woman born
- He's only in trouble when a forest moves to Dunsinane
What is God's argument for why everyone is responsible for their own behavior?
He says he made them "sufficient to have stood, though free to fall."
I now think Love is rather deaf than blind,
For else it could not be
That she,
Whom I adore so much, should so slight me
And cast my love behind.
My Picture Left in Scotland
These students have won a prize Stephanie, Joe, and Catherine.
prize: Stephanie
Who wrote "On My First Son"?
Ben Jonson
Consistently, Shakespeare argues this will guarantee his love immortality.
His poetry
What is the phrase Milton uses to talk about untested morality?
"cloistered virtue"
"One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die."
Holy Sonnet 10 ("death be not proud")
Anthony who won the race became the first one in our class to receive a trophy.
Anthony, who won the race,
What titular insect does Donne use to woo his lover?
A flea
All of Shakespeare's plays are written in what meter.
Iambic pentameter
Attempting to sell the merits of Hell to his compatriots, Satan offers that it's "better to" what?
"better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven"
"I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground."
Sonnet 130 ("my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun")
Have you listened to comedians who use satire to make fun of social customs?
Correct