Holy Sonnet VI ('This is my play's last scene') (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Period Holy Sonnet VI written
Period Holy Sonnet VI written
1609-1610
Sonnet form of Holy Sonnet VI
Sonnet form of Holy Sonnet VI
Petrarchan sonnet
Rhyme scheme of Holy Sonnet VI
Rhyme scheme of Holy Sonnet VI
ABBAABBA CDCD EE
Metre used in Holy Sonnet VI
Metre used in Holy Sonnet VI
Iambic pentameter
3 metaphors for life in the poem
3 metaphors for life in the poem
Play, race, pilgrimage
How death is personified
How death is personified
As 'gluttonous'
What death 'unjoints' in poem
What death 'unjoints' in poem
Body and soul
What shakes speaker's every joint
What shakes speaker's every joint
Fear of God's face/divine judgement
Theological concept speaker seeks
Theological concept speaker seeks
Imputed righteousness
3 things left behind at death (final line)
3 things left behind at death (final line)
The world, the flesh, the devil