1
Q
What era was Sonnet 73 written in?
A
Elizabethan era
2
Q
What was it addressed to?
A
The Fair Youth, who was a man though no one knows who it was
3
Q
What is the ‘bare ruined choirs’ referenced to?
A
The abandoned churches that were left around England after Henry VIII closed the monasteries roughly six years earlier
4
Q
What is the theme of the poem?
A
Carpe diem (seize the day)
5
Q
What is the rhyme scheme?
A
Alternating ABAB rhyme scheme with rhyming couplets at volta
6
Q
What is the rhythm of the poem?
A
Iambic pentameter
Poetry
flashcards
Decks in class (24)
# Cards
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The Passionate Shepherd9
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Sonnet 736
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Sonnet 1306
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There is a Garden in her Face8
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The Flea7
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To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time7
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The Collar6
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The Author to her Book7
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To my Dear and Loving Husband8
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A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General8
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London8
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The Schoolboy8
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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge7
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She Walks in Beauty7
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Oxymandias5
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England in 18198
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On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer7
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My Last Duchess8
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Remembrance7
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The Darkling Thrush8
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The Voice8
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God’s Grandeur7
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To a Child Dancing in the Wind8
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Leisure5
