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love through the ages (The Renaissance (Shakespearean sonnet (divided into…
love through the ages
The Renaissance
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world view shifts from religion and after life to stressing about human life on earth. popular theme development of human potential, popular theme: aspects of love.
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courtly love
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lover is smitten, lady doesnt react, she assigns hard tasks so he can prove his love to her,
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style- poetry, the sonnet, metaphysical poetry, poetic conceits( extended metaphor)
Shakespeare, Thomas Wyatt, Ben Johnson, cavalier poets, metaphysical poets, john Donne, Andrew Marvell,
wit- intelligence, humor and argument
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Petrarchan sonnet
octave and sestet,
8 lines- ABBAABBA, ABBACDDC
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usually contrasted, the octave may ask a question and the sestet answers.
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Shakespearean sonnet
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used to develop an idea or sequence of metaphors, one in each quatrain, couplet offers new idea or summary
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