First Exam (pt 3; little tricks and notes)

Question 1

Couplets, mentions of “foreign”, “scepter”, “webbe”

Answer 1

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 2

Any mentions of “pugg”

Answer 2

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 3

Melissus and freeborn/slave

Answer 3

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 4

any mention of “bessy”

Answer 4

William Birch

Question 5

AABCCB, talk of marrying England

Answer 5

William Birch

Question 6

couplets, vaguely protestant, talk of murder and king

Answer 6

Anne Dowrich

Question 7

ABAB, Circes or nymphs

Answer 7

Sir Walter Ralegh

Question 8

ABCBDD

Answer 8

Rachel Speght

Question 9

ABCB but she’s fucking mad

Answer 9

Isabella Whitney

Question 10

“Rustick Muse”

Answer 10

Mary Oxlie

Question 11

Mentions of satyrs

Answer 11

Ben Johnson

Question 12

“morning-starre”

Answer 12

Ben Johnson

Question 13

“Lucasia”

Answer 13

Katherine Phillips

Question 14

Talking about shepherd shit

Answer 14

Christopher Marlowe

Question 15

Making fun of Deer/Dear poems

Answer 15

Anne Bradstreet

Question 16

Mentions of doves/mullets

Answer 16

Anne Bradstreet

Question 17

Original deer poem

Answer 17

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Question 18

Courtship love/being discreet about interest

Answer 18

Anne Field

Question 19

Three line stanzas

Answer 19

A lady of quality

Question 20

Hating on courtship/”no babe don’t marry him you’re too pretty”

Answer 20

Katherine Phillips

Question 21

Mentions of French and other Rivers

Answer 21

Elizabeth Cary

Question 22

Talking about lions

Answer 22

Ellin Thorne

Question 23

Kissing ass to the king

Answer 23

Lady Anne Southwell

Question 24

“Battlike winge”

Answer 24

Lady Anne Southwell

Question 25

Greece

Answer 25

Elizabeth Cary

Question 26

Piercing/arrows

Answer 26

Ellin Thorne

Question 27

ABABB

Answer 27

Katherine Phillips

Question 28

Lots of names, shitting on locals, bad rhymes

Answer 28

Anne Wrigglesworth

Question 29

homoerotic

Answer 29

Katherine Phillips

Question 30

"flood" and "food"

Answer 30

Mary Oxlie

Question 31

ABAB and not familiar

Answer 31

Sir Walter Ralegh

Question 32

Couplets, talk of nymphs, weird formatting, long lines, unfamiliar

Answer 32

Arthur Golding

Question 33

ABABBCBC

Answer 33

Mary Sidney

Question 34

ABA,BCB,CDC...

Answer 34

Samuel Daniel

Question 35

Couplets, narrative structure, SEX!!!!!

Answer 35

Thomas Nashe

Question 36

couplets, completely unfamiliar

Answer 36

Lady Anne Southwell

Question 37

talking about undressing

Answer 37

John Donne

Question 38

List all the possible authors

Answer 38

Queen Elizabeth I, William Birch, Anne Dowrich, Sir Walter Ralegh, Rache Speght, Isabella Whitne, Mary Oxlie, Ben Johnson, Katherine Phillips, Christopher Marlowe, Anne Bradstreet, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Anne Field, A Lady of Quality, Elizabeth Cary, Lady Anne Southwell, Ellin Thorn, Anne Wrigglesworth, Arthur Golding, Mary Sidney, Samuel Daniel, Thomas Nashe, John Donne