B - The one with Wyatt and Spenser and Sidney, and chasing deer.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What do lyric forms tell us about what Elizabethans valued?

We reviewed some important details of the Renaissance and discussed the transition to it from the Medieval Period. We spoke briefly about the humanist attitude that gave rise to the literary tradition of the Renaissance, particularly the idea of an ordered life. We looked at the sonnet as a lyric form from Italy that the English used and made their own.

We read together Wyatt's "Whoso List To Hunt" and I modelled a close reading and how to systematically appreciate a piece of poetry.

Learners looked at Wyatt's "Divers Doth Use" and sonnets by Spenser and Sidney in an effort to practise their systematic appreciation.

VIEW: Notes on The Sonnet

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