Poems Flashcards

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Is a striking and often sustained figurative comparison.

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Conceit

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is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry

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Is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry.

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Why did the common wealth fail

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Sank further into debt along with the fact that foreign trade failed.

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How did the common people gain power?

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The rise of power in local government, growth in trade government

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4
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Describe Elisabeth’s religious polices.

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Moderate

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5
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Mores humanism is shown in

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Utopia

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Is his answer to Thomas he says the true interpreter is the

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Holy Spirit

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The informality is a result of William thendales

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Evangelism

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8
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The Westminster Confession became the official creed of the

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Scottish Presbyrerian church

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9
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What year did the restoration take place

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1660

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10
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Sir Francis’s bacon essays best exemplify the

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stylistic qualities of compression and balance,

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In “Of Great Place”, Bacon includes principles of good leadership

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Accept criticism graciously
Learn to delegate responsibilities
When you change your positik give clear reasons for your decision.

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12
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He was put on trial for taking bribes

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Sir Francis Bacon

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he was jailed for an imprudent marriage, he later became Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Characteristics of metaphysical verse:

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John Done

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14
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Characteristics of metaphysical verse

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Arrestingly abrupt openings
A dramatic, personal quality.
Striking figurative comparisons

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15
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A hymn to God the Father” is best described as

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Confident

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Jonson was the first English author to publish his

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Own complete works

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He is the greatest English writer

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George Herbert

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The sequence of poems in”The Temple” starts at the outside porch of the temple and ultimately ends in the

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Holy of holies

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In “redemption” be landlord grants his tenants request by

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Dying

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He was a politician and writer who went blind.

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John Milton

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According to the romantics, the hero is

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Satan

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The true hero is

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Christ

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According to the introductory lines the poems primary purpose is to justify the ways of

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God to men

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According to Milton, nature groans and trembles when

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Eve eats of the fruit

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Pepys attitude toward the puritans is

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Inconsistent

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he was a diarist who helped build the British navy

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Samuel Pepys

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short, compact poem making a wise or humorous observation and ending with a witty twist-has ancient antecedents.

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Epigrams