| A | B |
|---|
| Beowulf, historical background? | Old English |
| Chaucer, historical background? | Medieval |
| Marlowe, Raleigh, Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, historical background | Renaissance |
| Dunne, Marvell, Herrick, Suckling, Milton, historical background | 17 th century |
| Chaucer wrote | The Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Night |
| Marlowe wrote | The Passionate Shepherd to His Love |
| Raleigh wrote | The Nymph's Reply |
| Spenser wrote | Sonnet 75: When I wrote her name upon the strand |
| Sidney wrote | Sonnet 31: With how sad steps and Sonnet 39: Come Sleep . . . |
| Shakespeare wrote | Macbeth and Sonnet 29: When in disgrace . . . Sonnet 106 When in the chronicle of wasted time . . . Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds . . . Sonnet 130 My mistress eyes are nothing like yours . . . |
| Donne wrote | Batter my heart . . .The Flea . . .Valedication . . .Forbidden Mourning |
| Marvell wrote | To his Coy Mistress |
| Herrick wrote | To the Virgin |
| Suckling wrote | Why So Pale |
| Milton wrote | Paradise Lost and How Soon Hath Time . . .When I Consider How My Light is Spent |
