SPRING ONE (SONNETS) FORBIDDEN LOVE CORE Flashcards

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SONNET

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A 14 line, one stanza poem written in iambic pentameter. It comes from the Italian word ‘sonetto’ which means ‘little song’.

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ELIZABETHAN

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Literature produced during the Elizabethan period, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne (1558-1603

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COURTLY LOVE

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A fashionable and formalised love ritual popular in the courts of Queen Elizabeth I

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UNREQUITED LOVE

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Being in love with somebody who does not return that love

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COURTIER

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A person who regularly attends a royal court; in this context Queen Elizabeth I’s court

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