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Review, British Poetry History - Java Games
Anglo-Saxon Period, Medieval Period, Renaissance, 18thC/Restoration/Neo-classical Period, Romantic Period, Victorian Period, Modern Period, Postmodern Period
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| Anglo-Saxon Period | chiefly narrative or epic, oral tradition poems goes into written with early writers such as Beowulf epic (Old English/Germanic Tribes) |
| Medieval Period | Ideas and themes from French and Celtic literature appear. Chaucer introduces lyric poetry iambic pentameter line, the rhyming couplet and other rhymes used in Italian poetry |
| Elizabethan/Renaissance Period | modern lyric poetry in English begins early 16th C and introduces the sonnet and a range of short lyrics to English. Unrhymed pentameters (blank verse) develop. |
| 18th C/Restoration/Neo-classism Period | long narrative poems on heroic subjects mark the best work of classical Greek and Roman poetry. |
| Romantic Period | a movement in philosophy is the revolt of senses or passions against the intellect. Marked by beautiful language, interest in remote history and exotic places. |
| Victorian Period | Poets make extensive use of classical myth, Arthurian legend with beautiful and musical qualities. Use of blank verse particularly with historical individuals. Verse syllables not counted, but there is a pattern of stresses. |
| Modern Period | marked by conventional lyric forms, but exploring connection between modern themes and classical and romantic ideas. |
| Postmodern Period | Revival of romanticism, strange effects of language, alternating from extreme simplicity to massive overstatement. |
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English Language Institute |
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