PPP Unit Sonnets, Poetry, A Modest Proposal, Pygmalion

What country was Jonathan Swift advocating for in "A Modest Proposal..."?

An Italian form of sonnet that was modified by Sir Philip Sidney

George Bernard Shaw's main point in "Pygmalion" was...

During the Victorian Period, these were the main contributions Robert Browning gave to poetry:

George Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925

A poem in the form of a speech or narrative. The speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character.

Sonnets have __ lines.

Era from the late 1700s - early 1800s, authors believed writing could help people escape their troubles

Era from 1837 - 1901. 2 major works published: The Communist Manifesto & On the Origin of Species.

Author of the pastoral poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"

Who wrote "A Modest Proposal..."?

The type of sonnet written in Iambic Pentameter

Author of "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," a poem written in response to "The Passionate Shepherd..."

Era that covers 1660 - 1785 and includes sub-periods like The Restoration, The Augustan Age, and The Age of Sensibility.

A type of poetry set in an idealized countryside, inhabited by shepherds and nymphs living in harmony with nature.

Swift believed that _______ was exploiting and oppressing Ireland.

The most famous dramatic monologue. Loosely based on the life of Alfonso, the Duke of Ferrara.

Who wrote "A Modest Proposal..."?

Era in which the modern sense of English Poetry began. 15th - 17th centuries.

Author of Pygmalion

A variation of the Shakespearean sonnet with a different rhyme scheme

Jonathan Swift was also considered a literary "great" for his fictional satire, "Gulliver's Travels."