SONNET 18 | PARAPHRASE | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? | Shall I compare you to a summer's day? | Thou art more lovely and more temperate. | You are more beautiful and gentle. | Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, | Stormy winds will shake the May flowers, | And summer's lease hath all too short a date. | and summer lasts for too short of a time. | Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, | Sometimes the sun is too hot, | And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,
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'earliest extant' Anglo-Saxon poem ? 12. When was Beowulf written ? 13. Mention one Christian element in Beowulf ? 14. Refer to one Pagan element in Beowulf ? 15. What is the name of the pleasure hall in Beowulf ? 16. What is the name of Hrothgar's wife ?(the queen) 17. Name the sword of Beowulf with which he killed Grendel ? 18. Which Anglo-Saxon poem records the fight between the English and Danes ? 19. When did the Battle of Maldon take place ? 20. Who is the author of Death Song ? 21
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the notes on sonnets. * Read the sonnets and answer the questions that follow each. * Complete the writing assignment Shakespeare’s Sonnets: The Mysteries of Love Shakespeare. The name calls to mind the great plays whose characters have come to life on stages around the world: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello. Yet had Shakespeare written no plays at all, his reputation as a poet, as the author of the Sonnets (1609), would still have been immense. There are 154 sonnets altogether;
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information on camera care, features, and using the owner’s manual will be presented. The following items are required for class: computer skills, digital camera, cable, and owner’s manual. Instructor: M. Johnson & L. Holmes Instructor fee: $0 Supply fee: $15 Location: Senior Center, Computer Lab Resident fee: $28 Non-resident fee: $38 418SC.154 Th 9/4-9/25 1-3 p.m. 55 yrs+ 419SC.124 M 10/20-11/10 1-3 p.m. 55 yrs+ EMAIL/INTERNET Do you want to “send email” and “surf the internet”? This is the class for you
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Chartier O let my books be then the eloquence . . . —“23” Shake-speares Sonnets I COLEMAN HUTCHISON is a PhD candidate in the Department of English at Northwestern University. He is completing a dissertation entitled “Revision, Reunion, and the American Civil War Text.” N THE FIRST SENTENCE OF HER ART OF SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS, Helen Vendler tells a little white lie: “I have reprinted both the 1609 quarto Sonnets and a modernized version of my own” (xiii). e crux of this declaration is “reprinted
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that have come to be attached to a word. 14. Consonance- The repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds. 15. Couplet- Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. 16. Dactylic- Of, containing, or characterized by dactyls: dactylic hexameter; a dactylic line. 17. Denotation- The literal, dictionary definition of a word 18. Diction- A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words 19.
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British Lit / Test Two Review Essay Questions 1. The genre of “The Fairie Queen” is a romantic epic. Epic poetry is the highest form of poetry; long and episodic. It is a narrative that contains many adventures, a central character, journey to hell, gods and goddesses, and it starts in the middle (in medias res). The Fairie Queen is allegorical of the Protestant Reformation. It contains many biblical allusions supporting the Protestant faith and criticizing Catholicism. It is written in Spenserian
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Answers to the Chapter 3 Review Questions 1. You are in the vi editor and realize that you need to perform a file listing to check the name of a file. What command can you use from vi? Answer: c. :!ls 2. Your new assistant is trying to use vi, but each time he tries to type a line of text, it is not entered on the screen. What is the problem? Answer: a. He is not in insert mode. 3. In vi, a screen-oriented command ______________________, Answer: b. executes at the
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Answers to the Chapter 3 Review Questions 1. You are in the vi editor and realize that you need to perform a file listing to check the name of a file. What command can you use from vi? Answer: c. :!ls 2. Your new assistant is trying to use vi, but each time he tries to type a line of text, it is not entered on the screen. What is the problem? Answer: a. He is not in insert mode. 3. In vi, a screen-oriented command ______________________, Answer: b. executes at the
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