G6 Poetry Early Renaissance recap

An Early Renaissance Poetry Recap
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An Early Renaissance Poetry Recap

Slide 1 - Slide

Thomas Wyatt was a ...
A
son of a glove maker
B
courtier
C
politician
D
playwright

Slide 2 - Quiz

It is likely that Wyatt's They Flee From Me is about a special woman. Who?

Slide 3 - Open question

Slide 4 - Slide

What is Wyatt saying in the first stanza?

Slide 5 - Open question

Slide 6 - Slide

What is John Donne saying here?

Slide 7 - Open question

"Find'st not thy self, nor me the weaker now;
'tis true; then learn how false, fears be:

What do we call these ";" or pauzes?

Slide 8 - Open question

In what meter are most of the poems that we have discussed?

Slide 9 - Open question

What are Shakespeare's fair youth sonnets about?

Slide 10 - Open question

Why does Shakespeare compare the Fair Youth to a Summer's Day?

Slide 11 - Open question

Slide 12 - Slide

In which line is the volta? Note the first two words.

Slide 13 - Open question

So long as men can breathe and eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

What is "this"?

Slide 14 - Open question