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Period: Jan 2, 1485 to
The English Renaissance
Poet: Shakespeare
Fact: Queen Elizabeth started the Anglican church in England. -
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The Seventeenth Century
Poet: John Donne
Fact: From 1649-1660 England was not a monarchy. -
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The Restoration and the 18th Century
Poet: Jonathan Swift
Fact: Optimism gave people the belie that everything in the unicerse could be explained. -
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Romantic Age
Poet: Walt Whitman
Fact: Romatinc writers emphasized emotion and the imagination. -
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The Victorian Age
Poet:Thomas Harding
Fact: England was the world's wealthiest and most powerful nation, and the British Empire spanned the globe. -
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The 20th Century
Poet: Ted Hughes
Fact: Modernsim rejectd former styles of poetry. -
Period: to Jan 1, 1485
Anglo- Saxon and Medieval Period
Poet: Geoffrey Chaucer
Fact: Very few people were able to read during the Anglo Saxon time period.
Fact: Sorceres, wizards, and dragon stories during the Medieval period.