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What is a formal type of poetry that expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person, popular during the Elizabethan period?

  • Epic
  • Lyric
  • Sonnet (correct)
  • Ode

What is the first printed anthology of English poetry called?

  • Songs and Sonnets
  • Tottel's Miscellany (correct)
  • Poetry and Silence
  • The Golden Treasury

An alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work, listing every instance of each word with its immediate context is called a...

  • Companion
  • Concordance (correct)
  • Handbook
  • Dictionary (correct)

"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships. And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" These famous lines are from the play:

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Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, and George Peele were called:

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______ plays are attributed to William Shakespeare.

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The Spanish Tragedy is a play written by:

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Ode

A formal type of poetry expressing personal emotions, usually in first person.

Lyric poetry

A type of poetry expressing personal feelings, often musical in nature.

Sonnet

A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often exploring themes of love.

Thomas Kyd

The author of 'The Spanish Tragedy', a significant early play.

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Tottel's Miscellany

The first printed anthology of English poetry, published in 1557.

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'Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?'

Famous line from 'Doctor Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe.

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University Wits

A group of late 16th-century playwrights, educated at universities, including Marlowe.

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William Shakespeare's plays

Shakespeare is attributed with 37 plays, ranging from comedies to tragedies.

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Concordance

An alphabetical index of the principal words used in a work, with contextual instances.

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The Golden Treasury

A famous anthology of English poetry compiled by Francis Turner Palgrave in 1861.

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Epic poetry

A long narrative poem, typically recounting heroic deeds and events significant to a culture.

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Christopher Marlowe

A playwright and poet, known for his contributions to Elizabethan drama, including 'Doctor Faustus'.

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Robert Greene

An Elizabethan playwright and novelist, part of the University Wits.

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Antony and Cleopatra

A play by Shakespeare that explores the tragic love story of the two titular characters.

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Songs and Sonnets

A collection of poems and sonnets by Sir Philip Sidney, important in the Elizabethan era.

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Renaissance Rakes

Playwrights known for their adventurous and sometimes unscrupulous lifestyles during the Renaissance.

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The Jew of Malta

A play by Christopher Marlowe, notable for themes of wealth and revenge.

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In context of plays

The context in which words appear in works, emphasizing specific usage in writing.

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Epic convention

Common elements found in epic poetry, such as starting in medias res, invocation of the muse.

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Tragedy

A dramatic representation of serious events where the main character suffers, often ends sadly.

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Dr Johnson's work

Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets

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Sir Roger de Coverley

Fictional character created by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

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Mac Flecknoe

A prime example of mock-heroic poetry

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An Essay on Man

A poem written by Alexander Pope

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The rake

A stock figure in Restoration Comedy

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Lilliput and Brobdingnag

Imaginary lands created by Jonathan Swift

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Pamela and Clarissa

Epistolary novels by Samuel Richardson

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Biographia Literaria

A work relating to the lives of poets, often confused with Dr. Johnson's work

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Eminent Elizabethans

A term sometimes related to key literary figures of Elizabethan Age

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Fictional character by Jonathan Swift

A character like Lilliput or Brobdingnag in his satirical narratives

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The Rise of the Novel

A historical account of the English novel written by Ian Watt.

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Preface to Lyrical Ballads

A document central to the Romantic movement, written by William Wordsworth.

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Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

A collection of poems by William Blake depicting two states of the soul.

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Daffodils

The subject of Wordsworth’s famous line about ten thousand dancing flowers.

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Light-winged Dryad

A reference to the Nightingale in a line by John Keats.

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The Ancient Mariner

The man referred to in Coleridge's vivid lines about a creature on a shelf.

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William Wordsworth

A major English Romantic poet known for his nature-themed poetry.

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William Blake

An English poet and artist who created Songs of Innocence and Experience.

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S.T. Coleridge

An English poet and literary figure known for his contributions to Romantic literature.

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Romanticism

An artistic movement emphasizing emotion and nature in literature.

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Neo-classicism

A movement in literature that valued reason and clarity over emotion.

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Lyrical Ballads

A collection of poems that marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement.

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The Nightingale

A bird often symbolizing poetic inspiration in literature.

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Poetic Imagery

Descriptive language that creates vivid mental pictures.

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Conventional Symbols

Symbols that convey specific meanings widely understood in literature.

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Contrary States of the Soul

A theme often explored by Blake, showing the conflict within humanity.

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Nature in Romantic Poetry

A vital theme emphasizing the beauty and emotional connection to the natural world.

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The Sea-beast in Coleridge

A symbol representing the complex human experience of life and death.

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Ode to a Nightingale

A famous poem by Keats reflecting on beauty and mortality.

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Imagery in Poetry

The use of vivid language to evoke pictures in the reader's mind.

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Study Notes

Elizabethan Poetry

  • Poetry that expresses personal feelings, typically spoken in the first person, popular during the Elizabethan period
  • Types include Ode, Lyric, Sonnet, Epic

Spanish Tragedy

  • A play written by Thomas Kyd

First Printed Anthology of English Poetry

  • Tottel's Miscellany

Famous Lines from a Play

  • "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships/And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?"
  • From the play Antony and Cleopatra

University Wits

  • Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, George Peele

Plays Attributed to William Shakespeare

  • 38, 36, 42, 37 (various estimates)

Concordance

  • An alphabetical list of words used in a literary work, with each instance's context.

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