English IV Fall Semester Works 2015
ANGLO-SAXON ERA
Beowulf
MEDIEVAL ERA
Ballads
“Edward”
“The Ballad of Birmingham”
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
“The General Prologue”
“The Miller’s Tale”
“The Pardoner’s Tale”
Prologue to “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
RENAISSANCE ERA
Sonnets
Sonnet 75 by Sir Edmund Spenser
Sonnet 90 by Francesco Petrarch
Sonnet 292 by Francesco Petrarch
“When, in disgrace . . .” by William Shakespeare
“My mistress’ eyes . . .” by William Shakespeare
“Shall I compare thee . . .” by William Shakespeare
Carpe Diem Poetry
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick
“To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell
Metaphysical Poetry
“A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne
“Death, Be Not Proud” by John Donne
“Batter my heart three-person’d God” by John Donne
Drama
The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Mr. Page