phoenix of literature

  ENGLISH LITERATURE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : 8 Sonnets Collection for PGTRB EXAM  First 8 lines of sonnet is called Octave.  Next 6 lines of sonnet is called Sestet.  Commonly we have 3 types of sonnets: Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet English or Shakespearean Sonnet Spenserian Sonnet  Fathers of English sonnet are:       Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey.  Total sonnets has written by Shakespeare - 154 sonnets It was Published in 1609. The printer of Shakespeare sonnet are TT ( THOMAS THORPE)  Dedicated to 'Mr. W. H'  The first 126 sonnets are addressed to unnamed youth or young man.  Another 28 sonnets are addressed to Dark Lady .         SONNET 18: SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometime...

Q & A on Andrew Marvell's Poem " To his Coy Mistress " 1) The poem " To his Coy Mistress " Was written in the year of _________. Ans: 1650. 2) The poem " To his Coy Mistress " Was originally published in the year of __________. Ans: 1681. 3) What was the Phrase used in this poem?  Ans: carpe diem.  4) The Phrase carpe diem was taken  from?  Ans: Latin.  5) What is the meaning of the phrase carpe diem?  Ans: " Seize the day". 6) Whom did already used this phrase carpe diem in his work?  Ans: Greek poet Horace used this phrase in his ode.  7) Who is Andrew Marvell?  Ans: He was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician.  8) What is the concept of the poem" To his Coy Mistress "?  Ans: An unnamed lover or speaker tries to convince his mistress for love making.  9) Where did speaker's coy mistress find rubies?  Ans: The speaker's coy mistress found rubies on Indian Ganges.  10) Where did the sp...