Poetry Analysis: Tudor Workbook

Description

Tudor Poetry Analysis Workbook for High Schoolers

The Tudor Poetry workbook enables students to analyse pieces of English poetry dating from the 16th century. Students will learn to identify literary devices, rhyme schemes, and the themes of poetry.

Workbook Highlights:

•  Explore poetry from the English Renaissance
•  Discover the different forms of the Sonnet
•  Learn about the life and work of Edmund Spenser
•  Discover Lady Mary Wroth – the first woman to publish a sonnet sequence and a work of prose.
• Enjoy poems written by Queen Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scotts, and more.

Edmund Spenser was one of England’s more influential poets, his most famous work the Faerie Queen is still one of the longest works of poetry in the English language. Spenser also pioneered his own form of sonnet: the Spenserarian sonnet. He also sought to write sonnets that dealt with honourable love, and therefore, his sonnet sequence deals with the courtship between Spenser and his second wife.

Lady Mary Wroth was the first woman to publish a work of prose and a sonnet sequence in the English language. Her sonnets deal with the heartache of infidelity, breaking the convention of sonnet writing, which traditionally in the Petrarchan style dealt with forbidden love. She writes in the form of an English sonnet.

Included in the Tudor Poetry Analysis Workbook:

• Poems by Edmund Spenser, Lady Mary Wroth, Chidiock Tichbourne, Queen Elizabeth I, and Mary, Queen of Scotts.
• Analysis of each poem including structure, form, style, themes, literary devices, and interpretation.
• Essay questions relating to each poem.
• Creative Writing Project: Write a Tudor-style poem

This book can be used as a stand-alone resource for self-study of and poetry analysis. It is also a required material for the British Literature Year 1 live class and the British Literature – Shakespeare self-paced course (coming soon).