Poetry Context

What literary archetype does the speaker in ‘The Passionate Shepherd’ fulfil?

the Petrarchan lover

What group of Shakespeare’s sonnets does Sonnet 130 belong to?

the Dark Lady sonnets

What group of Shakespeare’s sonnets does Sonnet 73 belong to?

the Fair Youth sonnets

What are the traditional English poetic beauty standards?

fair hair and pale skin

What literary genre influenced romantic Renaissance writers?

courtly love poems

What movement does Marlowe belong to?

English Renaissance

What movement does Shakespeare belong to?

English Renaissance

Who wrote a mocking response to ‘The Passionate Shepherd to his Love’ and what was it called?

Walter Raleigh, ‘The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd’

What does Shakespeare mock in Sonnet 130?

hyperbolic love poetry

What literary movement did John Donne belong to?

the Metaphysical poets

Who insisted on John Donne’s ordination?

James I and VI

How did John Donne marry his wife?

in secret, against her father’s wishes

Who was ‘A Valediction Forbidding Mourning’ written to?

Donne’s heavily pregnant wife, Anne

What literary movement did George Herbert belong to?

the Metaphysical poets