Literature 1 Flashcards
(44 cards)
Why is the idea of “British” literature complicated?
Anglo-Saxons and other cultures that spoke Old English languages did not consider themselves British
What happened to the Auburn of “The Deserted Village” (why did it die)?
Landlords buying out and kicking people off
Questions that are unanswerable except to the person asking
neck riddle
A poem of serious reflection usually mourning a loss of a loved one
elegy
What is the Old English Alliterative Verse pattern and why was it used?
a. Two syllables alliterate when they begin with the same sound
b. To help remember the poem
Purposely being unclear or riddling, typically so one can determine a multitude of scenarios.
Precise ambiguity
The largest group in ancient Europe sharing language, religious beliefs, and traditions
Celts
What are the characteristics of a sonnet?
A) A sonnet consists of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter.
B) A sonnet is an old poetic form that nobody uses anymore.
C) A sonnet is any poem shaped like a square.
D) A sonnet is a rhyming love poem.
A) A sonnet consists of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter.
To whom is the poem “Blame not my lute” addressed?
A lover of the poet who has been unfaithful
Who was Anne Boleyn?
Second wife to Henry VIII, later executed, along with several of her alleged lovers, for infidelity.
What term designates unrhymed iambic pentameter?
Blank verse
What seems to prevent Astrophil (Sidney) from writing a good poem to his beloved Stela?
The work of other poets get in the way of his own thoughts.
What is “Whoso list to hunt” about?
A) The pleasure in romantic chases.
B) Going hunting with the king.
C) Unrequited love.
D) Being overworked.
C) Unrequited love.
Why did Henry VIII break from the Catholic Church?
The Catholic Church did not allow him to divorce his wife.
The second wife of King Henry VIII. She was executed under the order of King Henry for infidelity.
Anne Boleyn
What story is told in “Mannerly Margery Milk and Ale?”
A clerk that’s known for his sexual behavior insults a barmaid for being a tease. The clerk fails as the barmaid did not give into him.
The arrangement in which the author chooses to break each line. This is employed for more dramatic effect.
white space
Short verses that use many repeating rhymes
Skeltonics
A tactic often used in poems addressing love. It is part by part description of a lover.
Blazon
What is unusual about the poem’s Astrophil and Stella 1 meter?
Each line is six feet (12 syllables)
What is ironic about the process Sidney describes in stanza 1?
He criticizes people who pity themselves, but he is using pity to win over a lover.
An attempt to blow up the House of Lords and kill James I made by unhappy Catholics. The plan was foiled when more than 36 kegs of gunpowder were discovered (guarded by Guy Fawkes).
Gunpowder plot
Which of the following lines are iambic pentameter:
I. A sound magician is a mighty god
II. With wealth your state, your mind with arts improve
III. My life and lines are free, free as the road
All of them
Which of the following is true of John Donne’s A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”?
He says his love is like a compass: it always points right at her.
He compares his feeling of love to an earthquake.
He compares his lover’s death to his own death.
He imagines them connected as if by a remarkable thin plane of gold.
He imagines them connected as if by a remarkable thin plane of gold.
