Fourteen lines


Iambic pentameter


Consists of three Sicilian quatrains (four lines)


And a heroic couplet (two lines)


Rhymes: abab cdcd efef gg


The turn comes at or near line 13



2. The Pastoral Poetry and its themes.


. Pastoral is derived from the Latin word pastor,


Theme is the rapture of enjoying nature in springtime in a simple, rural setting.



3. Blank verse in general and in Marlowe's poetry in particular.

Blank verse : Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter.

Marlowe's poetry: on the death of a friend, or on the quiet simplicity of rural life. The writer of a pastoral poem may be an educated city dweller, like Marlowe, who extolls the virtues of a shepherd girl or longs for the peace and quiet of the country.




4. The theme of Marlowe's poem “The Passionate Shepherd”.


The theme of “The Passionate Shepherd” is the rapture of enjoying nature in springtime in a simple, rural setting.




5. What is the meaning of Valediction?


It’s a statements said at the time of departure by the lover to his love




6. Discuss the tone of Donne's 'Valediction Forbidding Mourning?


confident.



7. Is “A Valediction Forbidding Morning” an ode, a sonnet, a lyric or an elegy?


Elegy



8. What is the meaning of the word “vernacular” and why it was used?


It is an national languages of a country, in addition to Latino