English Renaissance Poetry

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

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

Francis Bacon was the father of ___ philosophy.

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

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

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

During the Renaissance people rediscovered classic literature by ______ authors.

Humanists encouraged ideas that would benefit the rising

A Shakespearean sonnet has a abab cdcd efef gg ______________.

According to humanism people were _______ than religion

Who attended Shakespeare's plays?

Pastoral poems are set in the ____.

What is one of Shakespeare's claims to fame?

Sonnets always have ____ lines.

Shakespearean sonnets have 3 __________ and end with a ________.

The actors in Shakespeare's plays were all

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

Marlowe was the literary rival of __________.

Thomas Moore was a famous _____.

Sonnets are always written in what form?

Sonnets always have ___ syllables in each line.

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

The best known Renaissance playwright is

Shakespeare's plays were primarily performed at the ______.

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

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

Carpe diem means what?

Shakespearean sonnets are also known as ___________ sonnets.

Materialism was the idea that only the ___ world exists.

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