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The Mariner stops one of ______________________
what is three?
Born with a club foot, he fought in the Greek war for independence.
Who was Byron?
A crabby old man who was sent to jail for siding with the Roundheads.
Who was Milton?
The number of lines in a sonnet.
What is 14?
Burns's "best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men" contains which poetic device?
The man the Mariner stops is about to attend this.
What is a wedding reception?
Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.
Byron
A metaphysical poet who said "No man is an island" and secretly married a Catholic.
Who was Donne?
Rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean sonnet.
What is ab ab cd cd ef ef gg
Herrick's "Old Time is still a-flying" contains this poetic device.
What is personification?
The Mariner must do this to find speech again.
What is drink his own blood?
Wrote "She walks in beauty like the night"
Who was Byron?
Supported the monarchy during the English Civil War and bailed another poet out of jail.
Who was Marvell?
Most Shakespearean sonnets are written in this meter.
What is iambic pentameter?
Pope's line "presume not God" contains this poetic device.
What is assonance?
The main message of the poem.
What is to respect all creatures great and small.
Kicked out of Oxford for publishing a work about atheism.
Who was Shelley?
The usual number of syllables in a line in a Shakespearean sonnet.
What is 10?
Lovelace's "Lov'd I not Honour more" contains this device.
What is assonance?
To have something guilty or unpleasant to wrestle with is often described as this.
To have an albatross around one's neck.
Killed a man in a duel but recited a psalm to get out of jail--benefit of the clergy. Had a thumb branded with an X so he could not use the psalm again.
Who was Jonson?
This man gives us our other main type of sonnet, writing his sonnets to Laura.
Who was Petrarch?
Marvell's "fine and private place" contains both of these devices.
What is assonance and alliteration?