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Elizabethan Era
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1. Her reign brought about the “ Queen Elizabeth 1
“ for England

2. “Anger makes dull men

,
but it keeps them .

3. The Elizabethan era was from

to

4. Flourishing the poetry, the sonnet, the

Sonnet, and
dramatic blank verse were created
during this era.

5. What do you think of the quote said by

Queen Elizabeth?

Elizabethan Era
6. He wrote “ Edmund Spenser
“
In 1590, and epic poem and fantastical
celebrating
Tudor’s . and Elizabeth 1.

7. What is the rhyme scheme of the

Spenserian sonnet?
8. When was the renaissance period? The Elizabethan era and the
9. The renaissance era increased an Renaissance
emphasis on what qualities?

10. For Example, Romeo and Juliet, and

by William Shakespeare

11. Please draw the pie chart the appears William Shakespeare
in the slides

12. Write one thing about Shakespeare’s

biography that surprised you.
13. What year did Philip Sydney die? Philip Sydney
14. Describe the Elizabethan sonnet and its
rhymes scheme?

15. How many numbers of lines does blank

verse have?
Blank Verse
16. Blank verse is poetry with regular
metrical but unrhymed lines, almost
always
.