ENGS 021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Petrarch, Great Vowel Shift, Early Modern English
12 Nov 2017
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Mak steals sheep, pretends it is his baby to hide from shepherds. They fall for it at first & then upon making the realization roll him down the hill. Mak feigns a false identity by using a southern dialect, shepherds are like wtf. *famous particularly for these fossilized attitudes about dialects. *turn between these problem presented in octave is resolved in sestet. Redefined poetry (compared to anglo-saxon/beowulf, etc) 1st: thomas wyatt brings sonnet to england. 2nd: henry howard = original shakespearian sonnet rhyme scheme. Abba / abba / cddc / ee. Abab / cdcd / efef / gg. Original (howard) abab / cdcd / efef / gg. *9 lines abab / bcbc / c. Abba / abba / cde / cde. 1380 (chaucer) 1780 (early modern english post 1500"s) Articulates his frustration regarding the preciosity of his life in the courts i: mine own john poins, fairy queene canto i, book i, characters:
