Renaissance Poetry

a reference to a person, work, or event from the past

In 1485, the monarchy is restored and the Renaissance period begins.

a seemingly contradictory statement that expresses a truth

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Henry VIII separated himself from the Catholic Church because the Pope wouldn't allow him to divorce his wife.

a comparison that extends throughout a stanza or poem

"Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, / Our love shall live, and later life renew."

a sonnet with the rhyme scheme ababcdcdefefgg

The french word Renaissance means

The theme of "Holy Sonnet 10" can best be described as

"One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die."

Queen Mary was given the nickname Bloody Mary because

giving human qualities to things that are non-human

What are the "rosebuds" symbols for in "To the Virgins"?

The beginning date of the Renaissance period

a song of praise, prayer, thanksgiving, or lamentation

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" is written in

"But could youth last and love still breed / Had joys no date, nor age no need"

The Renaissance began in France.

In the poem, "To the Virgins," the speaker implies that a lifespan is as brief as

poetry with no rhyme scheme and no set rhythm

Unrequited love is often the theme expressed in complaint poems.

"Psalm 23" is

a direct address to a nonhuman

a poem that is set in the countryside

In Sonnet 39, the speakers calls upon ___________ to rid him of his despair and "civil wars."

The reference to "The Parable of the Talents" in "On His Blindness" is a(n):

In Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, what does he compare his love to?

the deliberate use of exaggeration for emphasis

"And I will make thee beds of roses / And a thousand fragrant posies"

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, / Old time is still a-flying"

How many times was Henry VIII married?

Patience responding to the speaker in "On His Blindness" is an example of

"They also serve who only stand and wait"

The line "The Lord is my shepherd" is a(n):

The woman in Sonnet 75 criticizes the speaker for trying to immortalize something that's meant to be temporary.

a sonnet with the rhyme scheme abba abba cde cde

the Latin phrase that means "seize the day"

"Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me / Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see."

when a poet rearranges the normal word order of a line

All sonnets are written in iambic pentameter

Love/prove is an example of which term?

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want"

poetry that expresses the author's thoughts and feelings

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is a line from which poem?

"Now let us sport us while we may"

a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter

The ending date of the Renaissance period