English Sonnets – Flashcards
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Facts about the Renaissance
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means "rebirth Innovations in art, science, and exploration began in Italy and gradually spread northward
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What are three of Queen Elizabeth I's accomplishments
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1) became queen 1558- established England 2) ushered in peace and prosperity 3) established sense of power when England navy defeated Spanish armada
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How did England establish itself as an influenced nation
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A) defeating Spanish armada, England became a player in world domination B) John Cabot, establishing English claims in North America C)William Shakespeare & others pioneered new forms of the sonnet
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How did London influence the literary world?
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Theater- flourished as London's wealth and population grew. Actors were regarded as disrespectful so theaters were built outside city limits,
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List three major developments in science and explorations
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Confirmation that earth is round not flat proposal that the sun not earth is the center of the solar system discovering of the Americans estimates of earths size doubled
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how did literature reflect the renaissance emphasis on the individual
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sonnet sequences and soliloquies revealed the inner life renaissance emphasized glory of humanity and value of the individual,
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Define humanism
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New way of thinking based on the ancient classics emphasized what it was to be a human.
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Why was Elizabeth banished from the royal household when she was a child
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He father divorced her mother and beheaded her, and declared her as illigentament
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WHat reason did Elizabeth give for being afraid of nothing
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she has the heart of a man
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Which two of Elizabeths siblings preceded her as a monarch after the death of their father, Henry VIII?
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Edward and Mary
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What interests of elizabeths made her a great patron of the arts
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literature
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what is one reason Elizabeth refused to marry
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she didn't want to share her power
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what major threat from spain was destroyed during Elizabeth's reign?
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Spanish armada
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what state in the united states is named for Elizabeth and why does it have the name it has
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Virginia, she was called the Virgin Queen
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when Elizabeth delivered this speech which words in the first two sentences do you think she emphasized
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God, my loving people, faithful and loving people, fear of treachery
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what does Elizabeth tell her audience she already knows, and what does she promise to do?
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she knows they are under fear and she tells them she will protect them.
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What are some of the clues in the painting that suggest the woman portrayed is the queen of an empire
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her crown, the ships, her hand is on the globe and her attire
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what evidence is there in the picture that spains famed armada had met its end?
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It shows the ships coming in and the skys foreshadowing then the next picture shows the war.
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Rhyme scheme
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ABABCDCDEFEFGG
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Couplet restates
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18 & 106
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Couplet reverse
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29 & 130
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Couplet different perspective
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71 & 116 (reinforces)
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Meter used
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iambic pentameter; five pairs of stressed, unstressed syllables
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An English Sonnet has
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14 lines divided into 3 quatrains with an ending couplet, and contains a turn or shift in thought. The 14 lines are written in iambic pentameter and follow the ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG rhyme scheme.
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Sonnet 130 Quatrain 1 Summary
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The Speaker's love; eyes aren't bright, lips not red and skin is pale and her hair is coarse (rough) . He compares the lovers looks to other beauties and never in the lover's favor.
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Sonnet 130 Quatrain 2 Summary
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The speaker says his lover has pale cheeks and breath not fresh " mistress reeks"
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Sonnet 130 Quatrain 3 Summary
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The speaker doesn't have a pleasant voice and isn't graceful.
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Sonnet 130 Couplet summary
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Despite his beloved's noted flaws, the speaker loves her just as she is.
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Sonnet 130 Fame Statement
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IN "sonnet 130" William Shakespeare list his beloved's flaws and how it does not affect his love for her.
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Sonnet 116 Quatrain 1 summary
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The speaker claims that nothing will affect love between 2 people with "true minds"
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Sonnet 116 Quatrain 2 summary
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The speaker compares love to objects that are constant and reliable- steadfast.
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Sonnet 116 Quatrain 3 Summary
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The speaker claims that love is affected by time
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Sonnet 116 Couplet Summary
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If what the speaker claims is in the poem is irony and can be proved then he never wrote and man never loved therefor it is true,
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Sonnet 116 Frame statement
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In "sonnet 116" William Shakespeare define true love as steadfast and remains so despite "impediments"
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Sonnet 71 Quatrain 1 Summary
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The speaker tells his beloved not to mourn him after he's dead and left the vile world
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Sonnet 71 Quatrain 2 Summary
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the speaker tells his beloved not to remember hi if thinking about hum makes her sad
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Sonnet 71 Quatrain 3 summary
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The speaker tells his beloved that her love for him should die with him
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Sonnet 71 Couplet summary
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The speaker doesn't want his beloved to be hurt by others judgmental comments about their relationship
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Sonnet 71 Frame Statement
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In "Sonnet 71" William Shakespeare illustrates the selfless nature of those in love and how it provides comfort to those who grieve.
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Sonnet 106 Quatrain 1 summary
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The speaker notes that poets in the past attempted to capture beauty in their poetry,
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Sonnet 106 Quatrain 2 Summary
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The speaker claims that like himself poets of the past would have tried to describe beauty like his beloved
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Sonnet 106 Quatrain 3 Summary
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The speaker states that poets of the past foreshadowed his beloved's beauty even if their skills were inadequate,
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Sonnet 106 Couplet summary
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The speaker admits that poets today and yesterday and tomorrow can admire beauty but cannot always capture it in words. Limited ability of words to capture beauty and other emotions
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Sonnet 106 Frame Statement
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In "sonnet 106" William shakepeare admits that words are inadequate to describe true beauty but poets will attempt to such capture such beauty
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Sonnet 18 Quatrain 1 summary
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If I were to compare you to a summer, you are more lovely and more calms because summer is to windy and too short
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Sonnet 18 Quatrain 2 Summary
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THe speaker continues to list summers flaws and points out that beauty fades by chance or time passing
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Sonnet 18 Quatrain 3 summary
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She will remain young beautiful and immortal through this poem
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Sonnet 18 couplet summary
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as long as this poem is read, beloved will remain immortal
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Sonnet 18 frame statement
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IN "sonnet 18" William Shakespeare illustrates the eternal nature of love and how it can be preserved in a work of art.
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SOnnet 29
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Concludes with a feeling of contemptment
