1. Elizabethan
Literature

2. Elizabethan Poetry and Prose
 shiftfrom narrative to lyric poetry
 popular lyric form - sonnet
 sonnets by Sir Philip Sydney,
Edmund Spenser, form perfected
by Shakespeare
 Shakespeare’s sonnet form became
known as English sonnet replacing
Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet.

3.  otherpopular type of poetry -
pastoral poems - celebrates a
simple life in the country
PROSE
 monumental prose achievement
of era - King James Bible
 fifty-four scholars worked seven
years to translate into English

4. Lyric Poetry
 Lyricpoetry - expresses observations
and feelings of a single speaker
 Sonnet (type of lyric poem)
14 lines
single theme
iambic pentameter
specific rhyme scheme/stanza form

5. Sonnet Sequence
 series of sonnets written to one person or
on one theme
 each sonnet can stand on its own or
viewed as a series to trace trace a
relationship
Iambic Pentameter
 five sets of “feet” consisting of a weak
beat followed by a strong beat
Rhyme Scheme
 the pattern in which the end words rhyme