Shakespeare's Sonnets
William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. They all followed the typical format of a sonnet. They had the normal rhyme scheme, 14 lines, and...
Sir Philip Sidney, from Defense of Poesy and Astrophil and Stella; Christopher Marlowe, “The Passion
Defense of Poesy is Sir Philip Sidney's reasons why poetry is necessary. He argues that poets were the first to bring learning and...
Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Edmund Spenser: "Amoretti"
Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced the sonnet to english poetry. His poems are perfect models of what makes a sonnet a sonnet. A sonnet is a...
The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
The Wife of Bath's tale made me feel indifferent in the end. I'm not super happy that the knight had such a happy ending when he was not...
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General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
When I think about all the characters of the prologue coming together for their great journey, it makes me think of the Fellowship of the...
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I really enjoyed this story. I really rooted for Sir Gawain and saw him as a noble knight even when he sinned. I appreciated the fact...
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