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  • Anglo-Saxon Period 550-1500
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    Anglo-Saxon Period 550-1500

    German tribes migrated from Europe. Wrote about trageties with humor and religion.
  • Beowulf
    Apr 29, 750

    Beowulf

    This epic poem was wrote in Old Enlgish. It is reffered to being an anglo-saxon literature work. It consists of 3182 allternative long lines.Beowulf is to defeat a monster scaring the townspoeple. Ends up defeating the monster and becoming a hero.
  • The Wifes Lament
    Apr 30, 1003

    The Wifes Lament

    Written in Old English consisiting of 53 lines with an elegry. Shows the speakers grief as a women.
  • The Seafarer
    Apr 29, 1100

    The Seafarer

    Also written in Old Enlgish. Consists of 124 lines which many say is a elegy. Its is a sad,dark, and depressing poem.
  • The Canterbury Tales
    Apr 30, 1380

    The Canterbury Tales

    Started by the pilgrims telling stories and being in a contest. It consists of 83 manuscrpits. The earliest manuscripts are not even Chaucers scripts, It is said to be most famous for the English in this poem even though French and Latin are also in it.
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Apr 30, 1400

    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Sir Gawain challenges a Greene Knight which he thought he could win.
  • Barbara Allen
    Apr 30, 1450

    Barbara Allen

    A guy falls in love with Barbara Allen but ends up dieing from a crushed heart. Thought his life was over and couldn't find anyone better.
  • Renaissance Period 1485-1660
    Apr 30, 1485

    Renaissance Period 1485-1660

    Wrote poetry sonnents mainly about heros and their love life. Also had some religion mixed in. Was focused between two periods.
  • The Shepherd to His Love
    Apr 30, 1570

    The Shepherd to His Love

    The shephard finally comes out and says he is in love with a women. Proclaims he knows very little about love.
  • Sonnet 130

    Sonnet 130

    Describing a woman that he loves and is falling for. Expressing himself and showing how much he thinks of her.
  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Macbeth tries running from his fears because the witches proclaimed something would happen involving fears.
  • Psalm 23

    Psalm 23

    About the bible leading people to where they need to be which is obeying the lord and following his ways.
  • Age of Reason 1625-1798

    Age of Reason 1625-1798

    Challenges religion and refers to Christianity the most.
  • Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

    It is about why god puts suffering in most people. About the hurt people have to go through in life.
  • A Modest Proposal

    A Modest Proposal

    Thinks he has a solution to the homelss problem by eating them and selling them to others.
  • Ellegry Written in a Country Courtyard

    Ellegry Written in a Country Courtyard

    Someone sitting in a churchyard remebering a loved one and expressing how much they feel for this one person.
  • The Romantic Period

    The Romantic Period

    Writes about the nature god has put on this eath admiring it,
  • She Walks In Beauty

    She Walks In Beauty

    It is about a comparison of the night time to a beautiful women.
  • The Lady of Shalott

    The Lady of Shalott

    A curse is brought upon a women where she is forced to stay in a tower. She gets out and she ends up dying because the curse was put on her to stay in her tower.
  • Ulysses

    Ulysses

    A warrior wants to contiue going around the world.
  • My Last Duchess

    My Last Duchess

    A guy has lost his loved one and keeps a picture with him to remind him of her.
  • Ah, Are You diggin On my Grave

    Ah, Are You diggin On my Grave

    Its is about once your dead everyone forgets about you and you don't really matter.
  • The Modern Period

    The Modern Period

    Mainly written about struggles that happened around the world.
  • When You Are Old

    When You Are Old

    Is a remembrance of a couples memories and that the memories will still be their even when their old. Although she is trying to get over it she will look back and will not know why she even tried.
  • Preludes

    Preludes

    The decription of a beautiful and bright city.
  • Shooting an Elephant

    Shooting an Elephant

    A guy is forced to make a decision on shooting and elephant to please the citizen or find another way to do what he beliefs in.
  • To Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

    To Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

    The author is speaking to the father while he is on his death bed to try to get him to not leave without a fight. Maybe he thought there was a slim chance he could maybe make it through if he fought.
  • The Wanderer

    The Wanderer

    An old english poem. Has 115 lines of alternative verse. Shows how religious the speaker really is.