about sir thomas wyatt

About Sir Thomas Wyatt• Henry VIII• Italy, sonnet• -theme• -conceits

About “Farewell, Love and All thy Laws Forever”

• Italian• Apostrophe• Abba abba cddcee• Couplet• Reason• Wisdom• Disappointment• Instability, fall

About Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey

• Proud• Treason• Foxe• English• Meter• Blank, drama

About “Love that Liveth and Reigneth in My Thought”

• English, decision• Abab cdcd ecec ff• Military• love• Tyrant, face• Oxymoron• Hides, obedience• die

About Sir Philip Sidney• Protestantism• Cupbearer• French• gangrene

About Arcadia• Disfavor• Pastoral• prose

About Astrophil and Stella• Star, Philip• Sonnet• Emotions, purpose• Homer’s, painful• Cupid’s, self-pity• Cupid, unjustly

About Astrophil and Stella• - “O moon” (1), The moon climbs (1).• - iambic pentameter• - abba abba cdcd ee (Italian sonnet rhyme

scheme with the exception of the couplet)• Italian in thought structure, English couplet

at the end

About Astrophil and Stella• Hopefulness, Ironically• - Having, horse, hand• Twice, despair

NO + NO = YES

-2 + -2 = +4HE DIDN’T NOT DO HIS HOMEWORK.

About “Leave Me, O Love”• Abab cdcd efef dd• English except in the appearance the d

rhyme in the final couplet• Wyatt’s• -love• -intellect• -heaven

About “Leave Me, O Love”• -world• -reason, eternal• - cause, effect• -couplet• biblical

About An Apology for Poetry• Unnecessary• Criticism• Imitation• Philosophy, history• Evil, truth, universals• Christian

About Sir Walter Raleigh• Roanoke• Fox• James I• - History• Beheaded• - History• Shepherd”• Pilgrimage”

About “What is Our Life?”• Conceit• - Mirth• - Grave• Happiness• Spectator, judge,

Deism• Death• Epigram• Searching sun• The graves . . . Are like drawn curtains when the play is

done.

About Edmund Spenser• Link• Mind• Irish

About Amoretti• Sonnet• Complex• Easter• Verse, enduring, moon• Inward, new, theme

About The Faerie Queen• Aristotle’s, Elizabeth• Romantic allegory• Epics• Long• Twelve, twelve• Twelve• Elizabeth I

About The Faerie Queen• Circular, Bible• Evil, Christ• Truth• Lies• Pride• Good, evil,

peaceful, sleep

On BL Test 3A• 1-10 Matching authors and works• 11-17 Matching terms and definitions• 18-24 Matching terms and definitions• 25-34 Matching people with descriptions• 35-42 Matching characters with descriptions• 43-47 Matching works with descriptions• 48-56 Multiple choice• 57-58 Short answer about sonnet (rhyme scheme)• 59-68 Essay (master theme of English Renaissance

literature, biblical?, explanation of examples)