Literary Context

Question 1

Name three features of a Petrarchan Sonnet

Answer 1

Octave (ABBAABBA)
Sestet (CDECDE)
Developing/answering questions raised

Question 2

Name three features of Wyatt’s Sonnet

Answer 2

Sestet scheme CDDCEE - marks the start of the English Sonnet.
x3 quatrains
x1 couplet

Question 3

Name four features of a Shakespearean Sonnet

Answer 3

x3 quatrains - ABAB/CDCD/EFEF
x1 rhyming couplet - GG
Volta - marks change and is often the first line of the third quatrain
Final rhyming couplet offering different perspective

Question 4

Which poetry was popular during the 16th and 17th centuries?

Answer 4

Carpe diem poetry

Question 5

What does ‘carpe diem’ translate to?

Answer 5

‘Seize the day’

Question 6

Name five features of metaphysical poetry

Answer 6

Contains a large amount of wit
Aimed to shock the reader
Exaggerated comparisons
Love/ religion/ death are common themes
Poems of hyperbole
Colloquial language

Question 7

When was metaphysical poetry at its peak?

Answer 7

1600s

Question 8

Who were the Cavaliar Poets?

Answer 8

• 17th Century
• Supported King Charles I
• Aimed to express joy and simple gratification
• Promote the crown
• Generally Carpe Diem

Question 9

Who is the Cavaliar Poet in our group of poets?

Answer 9

Richard Lovelace

Question 10

Who are the metaphysical poets in our collection?

Answer 10

Donne and Marvell

Question 11

What is the Interregnum?

Answer 11

Period of parliamentary and military rule in England and Wales after the English Civil War.
Began with execution of Charles I.

Question 12

When was the Interregnum?

Answer 12

1649 - 1660.

Began when Charles I was executed.

Question 13

What was ‘Restoration Poetry’?

Answer 13

Literature that was a rejection of Puritan Society.

Included extremes.

Question 14

Who is our Restoration Poet?

Answer 14

John Wilmot Earl of Rochester

Question 15

When was the Restoration Period?

Answer 15

1660-1680

Question 16

Who are ‘The Romantics’?

Answer 16

• Wordsworth
• Coleridge
• Keats
• Shelley
• Byron
• Blake

Question 17

What was the ‘Romantic Period’?

Answer 17

Movement that originated in Europe towards end of 18th century.
Reaction towards Industrial Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment.

Question 18

When was the Age of Enlightenment?

Answer 18

1650 - 1750 (ish)

Question 19

When was the ‘Romantic Period’?

Answer 19

1800-1850

Question 20

What are the features of Romantic poetry?

Answer 20

• Opposite to logical
• Emphasis on emotion
• Nature Imagery
• Preferring medieval over classic

Question 21

What was the Pre-Raphaelite movement?

Answer 21

Artistic movement which sought to reform English art to return to a more natural and realistic style of art.

Question 22

Features of the Pre-Raphaelite movement?

Answer 22

• Heartfelt and direct language
• Simple language
• Images from the past
• Expression of spirituality

Question 23

Who is the poet in the collection associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement?

Answer 23

Christina Rossetti

Question 24

What was the ‘Decadent Movement’?

Answer 24

Process of falling away or decline.
Movement alarmed those who valued ‘traditional’ norms and values. Signified a society and culture threatened to its core with decline and decay.

Question 25

When was the ‘Decadent Movement’?

Answer 25

1880s and onwards

Question 26

Features of the ‘Decadent Movement’

Answer 26

• Contrasts
• Classical references
• Artificial imagery

Question 27

When was the ‘Victorian Period’?

Answer 27

1837-1901