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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?
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?
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...
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:
"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships. And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" These famous lines are from the play:
Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, and George Peele were called:
Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, and George Peele were called:
______ plays are attributed to William Shakespeare.
______ plays are attributed to William Shakespeare.
The Spanish Tragedy is a play written by:
The Spanish Tragedy is a play written by:
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Ode
Ode
A formal type of poetry expressing personal emotions, usually in first person.
Lyric poetry
Lyric poetry
A type of poetry expressing personal feelings, often musical in nature.
Sonnet
Sonnet
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often exploring themes of love.
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Kyd
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Tottel's Miscellany
Tottel's Miscellany
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'Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?'
'Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?'
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University Wits
University Wits
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William Shakespeare's plays
William Shakespeare's plays
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Concordance
Concordance
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The Golden Treasury
The Golden Treasury
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Epic poetry
Epic poetry
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Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe
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Robert Greene
Robert Greene
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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
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Songs and Sonnets
Songs and Sonnets
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Renaissance Rakes
Renaissance Rakes
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The Jew of Malta
The Jew of Malta
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In context of plays
In context of plays
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Epic convention
Epic convention
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Tragedy
Tragedy
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Dr Johnson's work
Dr Johnson's work
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Sir Roger de Coverley
Sir Roger de Coverley
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Mac Flecknoe
Mac Flecknoe
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An Essay on Man
An Essay on Man
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The rake
The rake
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Lilliput and Brobdingnag
Lilliput and Brobdingnag
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Pamela and Clarissa
Pamela and Clarissa
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Biographia Literaria
Biographia Literaria
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Eminent Elizabethans
Eminent Elizabethans
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Fictional character by Jonathan Swift
Fictional character by Jonathan Swift
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The Rise of the Novel
The Rise of the Novel
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Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
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Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
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Daffodils
Daffodils
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Light-winged Dryad
Light-winged Dryad
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The Ancient Mariner
The Ancient Mariner
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
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William Blake
William Blake
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S.T. Coleridge
S.T. Coleridge
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Romanticism
Romanticism
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Neo-classicism
Neo-classicism
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Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads
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The Nightingale
The Nightingale
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Poetic Imagery
Poetic Imagery
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Conventional Symbols
Conventional Symbols
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Contrary States of the Soul
Contrary States of the Soul
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Nature in Romantic Poetry
Nature in Romantic Poetry
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The Sea-beast in Coleridge
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Ode to a Nightingale
Ode to a Nightingale
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Imagery in Poetry
Imagery in Poetry
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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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