English Renaissance Poetry

Francis Bacon was the father of ___ philosophy.

Sonnets always have ___ syllables in each line.

Sonnets always have ____ lines.

Pastoral poems are set in the ____.

In Shakespearean sonnets, the turn occurs at the end of the _____ line.

A main theme of pastoral poems was living in harmony with __________.

The philosophy of _______ contributed to the writing of carpe diem poems.

Carpe diem means what?

Sonnets are always written in what form?

Shakespeare's plays were primarily performed at the ______.

The best known Renaissance playwright is

Shakespearean sonnets are also known as ___________ sonnets.

Thomas Moore wrote a book called ______ about an ideal society.

Humanists encouraged ideas that would benefit the rising

A sonnet's ___ is a shift in the tone of the poem.

Thomas Moore was a famous _____.

As opposed to the renaissance art of other countries, the English renaissance featured mainly:

Shakespearean sonnets have 3 __________ and end with a ________.

Marlowe was the literary rival of __________.

A Shakespearean sonnet has a abab cdcd efef gg ______________.

A new way of thinking which stressed individual beauty and worth instead of religion was called

The renaissance in England happened _____ than in other parts of Europe

What is one of Shakespeare's claims to fame?

This type of poem encouraged readers to live in the present moment.

The actors in Shakespeare's plays were all

Characters in pastoral poems included _____ shepherds, farmers, and young women.

Materialism was the idea that only the ___ world exists.

Who attended Shakespeare's plays?

During the Renaissance people rediscovered classic literature by ______ authors.

According to humanism people were _______ than religion