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Siglo de Oro
The Golden Age, made up of the Renaissance in the 16th century and the Baroque Age in the 17th century
Two things that were “reactivated” during the Renaissance
Progress and Knowledge
The year that “La Armada Invincible” was formed
1588
What did poesía lírica-bucólica focus on?
La Belleza (Beauty)
What did novelas picarescas focus on?
Lo feo de la sociedad (the ugliness of society")
What did poesía espiritual focus on?
El hombre frente a Díos (Man vs. God)
The main themes of Renaissance poetry
Focus on self (rather than God), the passage of time, and unrequited love
Garcilaso de la Vega
Renaissance poet who specialized in sonnets
Sonnet Structure
2 quartets, 2 tercets
Endecasílabos
Having 11 syllables per line, required in sonnets
What kind of rhyming is found in a sonnet?
Consonant rhymes in every line
ABBA
ABBA
CDC
DCD
Hiperbatón
Altering the typical order of words in a sentence
Gradación
When several words appear in an ascending or descending scale
Cromatismo
Use of colors to express ideas or feelings
Paradoja
paradox; a phrase that seems to contradict the laws of logical, but that has an internal truth; the union of two seemingly irreconcilable ideas.
Encabalgamiento
When the end of a line has to join the next line to complete the meaning
