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Anglo-Saxon Period 550-1500
German tribes migrated from Europe. Wrote about trageties with humor and religion. -
Apr 29, 750
Beowulf
This epic poem was wrote in Old Enlgish. It is reffered to being an anglo-saxon literature work. It consists of 3182 allternative long lines.Beowulf is to defeat a monster scaring the townspoeple. Ends up defeating the monster and becoming a hero. -
Apr 30, 1003
The Wifes Lament
Written in Old English consisiting of 53 lines with an elegry. Shows the speakers grief as a women. -
Apr 29, 1100
The Seafarer
Also written in Old Enlgish. Consists of 124 lines which many say is a elegy. Its is a sad,dark, and depressing poem. -
Apr 30, 1380
The Canterbury Tales
Started by the pilgrims telling stories and being in a contest. It consists of 83 manuscrpits. The earliest manuscripts are not even Chaucers scripts, It is said to be most famous for the English in this poem even though French and Latin are also in it. -
Apr 30, 1400
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain challenges a Greene Knight which he thought he could win. -
Apr 30, 1450
Barbara Allen
A guy falls in love with Barbara Allen but ends up dieing from a crushed heart. Thought his life was over and couldn't find anyone better. -
Apr 30, 1485
Renaissance Period 1485-1660
Wrote poetry sonnents mainly about heros and their love life. Also had some religion mixed in. Was focused between two periods. -
Apr 30, 1570
The Shepherd to His Love
The shephard finally comes out and says he is in love with a women. Proclaims he knows very little about love. -
Sonnet 130
Describing a woman that he loves and is falling for. Expressing himself and showing how much he thinks of her. -
Macbeth
Macbeth tries running from his fears because the witches proclaimed something would happen involving fears. -
Psalm 23
About the bible leading people to where they need to be which is obeying the lord and following his ways. -
Age of Reason 1625-1798
Challenges religion and refers to Christianity the most. -
Paradise Lost
It is about why god puts suffering in most people. About the hurt people have to go through in life. -
A Modest Proposal
Thinks he has a solution to the homelss problem by eating them and selling them to others. -
Ellegry Written in a Country Courtyard
Someone sitting in a churchyard remebering a loved one and expressing how much they feel for this one person. -
The Romantic Period
Writes about the nature god has put on this eath admiring it, -
She Walks In Beauty
It is about a comparison of the night time to a beautiful women. -
The Lady of Shalott
A curse is brought upon a women where she is forced to stay in a tower. She gets out and she ends up dying because the curse was put on her to stay in her tower. -
Ulysses
A warrior wants to contiue going around the world. -
My Last Duchess
A guy has lost his loved one and keeps a picture with him to remind him of her. -
Ah, Are You diggin On my Grave
Its is about once your dead everyone forgets about you and you don't really matter. -
The Modern Period
Mainly written about struggles that happened around the world. -
When You Are Old
Is a remembrance of a couples memories and that the memories will still be their even when their old. Although she is trying to get over it she will look back and will not know why she even tried. -
Preludes
The decription of a beautiful and bright city. -
Shooting an Elephant
A guy is forced to make a decision on shooting and elephant to please the citizen or find another way to do what he beliefs in. -
To Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
The author is speaking to the father while he is on his death bed to try to get him to not leave without a fight. Maybe he thought there was a slim chance he could maybe make it through if he fought. -
The Wanderer
An old english poem. Has 115 lines of alternative verse. Shows how religious the speaker really is.
