Here is a list of names of stanzas:
Stanza Structure
- couplet - two-line stanza
- tercet - three-line stanza
- quatrain - four-line stanza
- quintain - five-line stanza
- sestet - six-line stanza
- septet - seven-line stanza
- octave - eight-line stanza
You've chosen a poet and an era and your job is to present the poet, the poems, and one or two key facts about the era which are found in the poet's work.
Renaissance Attitudes: Read pages 138-142
Edmund Spencer 154
The Faerie Queen page 155
Sonnet 67, 75, or 79 (Choose one)
Sir Philip Sidney page 158
Sonnet 31
Sonnet 39
Shakespeare page 164
Sonnet 73
Sonnet 30
Metaphysical Poets 263
John Donne 264
Holy Sonnet 4 or 10 269-270
Meditation 17 271-272
Cavalier Poetry
Read the Disruption and Change Section 142-148
Andrew Marvell 275
To His Coy Mistress 276
Ben Jonson 282
On My First Son 283
To The Memory of My Beloved Master, William Shakespeare 284
Richard Lovelace 289
To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars 290
to Althea, from Prison 291
Presentations Begin Monday
Literary Essay
Choose three poems on a theme of your choice.
Visit www.poetryfoundation.org to search by theme.
Each poem should be from a different era.
Include at least one modern or Romantic era poem within the three.
Preparation: Create and submit your annotations and TICK charts for each poem. Include a formal MLA style Works Cited page.
