Renaissance Poetry
Humanism
Intellectual movment in
which writers sought to
synthesize the lessons of
latin and greek classics
Sonnet
sing song poem
Iambic Pentameter
5 meter line with
unstressed and stressed
syllables
Petrarchan
Sonnet
8 line = octave
abbaabba then
cdecde
octave speaker
has a problem
John Milton
Sonnet XIX: When I Consider How my Light is Spent
When I consider how my light is spent a
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, b
And that one talent which is death to hide b
Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent a
To serve therewith my Maker, and present a
My true account, lest he returning chide, b
"Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" b
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent a
That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need c
Either man's work or his own gifts: who best d
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state e
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed c
And post o'er land and ocean without rest: d
They also serve who only stand and wait." e
Shakespearean
Sonnet
three quatrains and
a couplet
abab cdcd efef gg
quatrain related
ideas complet
wraps it up
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, My love is ugly her breath smells she cant sing
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
But I love her
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
Spenserian
Sonnet
Explain the break
up of lines
Explain the
rhyme scheme
"Sonnet LIV"
Of this World's theatre in which we stay,
My love like the Spectator idly sits,
Beholding me, that all the pageants play,
Disguising diversely my troubled wits.
Sometimes I joy when glad occasion fits,
And mask in mirth like to a Comedy;
Soon after when my joy to sorrow flits,
I wail and make my woes a Tragedy.
Yet she, beholding me with constant eye,
Delights not in my mirth nor rues my smart;
But when I laugh, she mocks: and when I cry
She laughs and hardens evermore her heart.
What then can move her? If nor mirth nor moan,
She is no woman, but a senseless stone.
Explain how the
lines "tell a story"
Sir Thomas
Wyatt
was in love with
anne boleyn
served as an
ambassador
wyatts was first
published 15 years
after his death
pursuing a
women he
cant get
Summary
Metaphor
touch me
not
Who So
List to
Hunt
Contradictory
Images
wild and
tame
Rhyme
Scheme
and Type
of Sonnet
abbaabba
cdecde
Edmund
Spencer
Interesting
Fact
Interesting
Fact
Interesting
Fact
Summary
Summary
of Poem
Theme of
Poem
power of
love plays
tricks
Sonnet
30
Summary
says his love
is usless
Rhyme
Scheme
and Type
of Sonnet
ababbcbcc
Rhyme
Scheme
and Type
of Sonnet
Theme of
Poem
die and live
Sonnet
75
Contradictory
Images
Contradictory
Images
My love is
like to ice
and i to
fire
comparing her
name in the
sand
ababbcbccdcdee
Christopher
Marlowe
in 1587 he began
doing espionage
for england
Spy
Stabed and died
Summary
wants his
love to
come live
with him
Tone
seductive
Influence
The
Passionate
Shepherd
to His Love
Pastoral
Poetry
beautiful
valleys
hills woods
and rivers
his heart
Sir Walter
Raleigh
was convicted of
treason
was executed
favorite of
queen elizabeth
Summary
a nymph
ridicules a
sheperds
promise of
love
Tone
doubtful
sarcastic
Influence
The
Nymph's
Reply to the
Shepherd
Anti-Pastoral
Poetry
harsh cold
winters
sorrow and
hardwork
her mind and
practical
ideals
Robert Herrick
Wrote his best
poems when he
was a vicar
wrote about his
cat
he composed
poems in imitation
to latin love poets
Summary
should get
married now
when your
young and
beautiful
Carpe
Diem
Sun
Reference
you are at
your peak
and can only
go down
from there
To the
Virgins, to
Make Much
of Time
Figures of
Speech
flower that
smiles today
live your life
to the fullest
Andrew
Marvell
educated at
cambridge
served in
parliament
saved john
miltons life
Summary
he is telling
his love to be
with him now
before its too
late
Carpe
Diem
Sun
Reference
we can make
most of the
time we have
now
To His
Coy
Mistress
Figures of
Speech
vegetable
love
and into
ashes all my
lust