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Apr 30, 1375
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
While King Arthur’s court is feasting and partying in celebration of New Years, a strange figure, referred to only as the Green Knight, makes a surprise visit. He requests that the group’s leader or any other brave member of the court challenge him in a beheading game. He will allow whoever accepts the challenge to strike him with his own axe, but on one condition. The challenger must find the Green Knight in exactly one year to receive a blow in return. -
Jan 1, 1380
The Wife of Bath's Tale
After being sentenced to death, a knight has to reclaim his honor by knowing what women desire the most. Author- Geoffrey Chaucer -
Apr 26, 1389
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Author-Geoffrey Chaucer. A bunch of people travel and share stories. -
Jan 1, 1450
Barbara Allen
Anonymous author
A man is in love with a lady named Barbara. After he gets rejected he dies of a broken heart. -
Apr 26, 1485
The Death of Arthur by William Claxton
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Apr 29, 1517
Roman Catholic Church Split
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Jan 1, 1570
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Author- Christopher Marlow A shepherd explains his love for a woman. -
Sonnet 130
Author- William Shakespeare Shakespeare talks about the qualities of a woman he is in love with. -
Macbeth
Author- William Shakespeare Macbeth and Banquo are met by three strange witches bearing prophetic greetings. Macbeth is told that he will become king. He seeks the crown regardless of the consequences. -
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
Author- Sir Walter Raleigh A reply to Christopher Marlowe's orginial poem. -
Psalm 23
Author- from King James Bible The Lord leads people to salvation. -
To His Coy Mistress
Author- Andrew Marvell The speaker compliments a woman. He also says time will go faster for those in love. -
from Paradise Lost
Author- Andrew Marvell
Milton talks about Hell and gives reasons why God allows people to suffer. -
from The Rape of the Lock
Author- Alexander Pope
At a party, a man cuts a lock of hair off of a lady's head. -
A Modest Proposal
Author- Jonathan Swift
Swift gives an outragous solution to the homeless problem, eating and selling them. -
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Author- Tomas Gray
The writer sits on a country churchyard and watches. -
Th Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Author- Samuel Taylor Coleridge A sailor tells about how he lost crew and was punished for killing an Albatross. -
She Walks in Beauty
Author- George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron compares a woman to the night. -
Pride and Prejudice
A romantic novel written by Jane Austen. -
Ode to a Nightengale
Author- John Keats
Keats wants to commit suicide. After he hears a Nightengale he is cheered up. -
Ozymandias
No matter how important a person is, time makes people forget about them. -
Ode to the West Wind
Author- Percy Bysshe Shelley life always gets better -
The Lady of Shalott
Author- Alfred, Lord Tennyson A woman is cursed and can not go out of her tower and when she finally leaves it, she dies. -
Ulysses
Author- Alfred, Lord Tennyson A war vetean wants to continue his adventurous days after he returns from war. -
from Hard Times
Author- Charles Dickens
Children are taught only facts because they are "wanted in life". -
My Last Duchess
Author- Robert Browning
Browning talks about a picture of his love. -
Ah, Are You Diggng On My Grave?
Author- Thomas Hardy Someone thinks they are being visted by a person, but only a dog comes to their grave to bury its bone. -
When You Are Old
Author- William Butler Yeats
The author wants to remind their old love of the times they shared, and how she will miss them when she gets old. -
Preludes
Author- T. S. Eliot
The author describes a city. -
Shooting An Elephant
Author- George Orwell
A police officer in Burma must choose between killing an elephant or saving it and looking foolish infront of the natives. -
The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection
Author- Virginia Woolf
People don't look at the house when they walk by because they are too curious. -
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Author- Dylan Thomas
The author wants his father to fight death. -
Animal Farm
Author- George Orwell
Animals that take over a farm. -
The Wanderer
The poem begins with the Wanderer asking the Lord for understanding and compassion during his exile at sea. He cannot avoid going to sea, because this life is his fate. -
The Wife's Lament
A woman is seperated from her husband. -
Beowulf
Beowulf, comes to the aid of Danish king Hrothgar who's kingdom is attacked by a hideous monster named Grendel. Beowulf comes from his land to Denmark and battles the monster, and kills him. Then, Grendel's mother, comes to avenge her son's death. Beowulf kills her. He becomes King of the Geats and rules for 50 years. He defeats the dragon.
