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What is the period during which the Renaissance developed in England?
The Renaissance developed in England after the war of the Two Roses.
What does the term Renaissance mean?
The term “Renaissance” means new born, that is the new born of the study of the classics.
Why did the English Renaissance develop later than in Italy?
Because the study of the classics started in Italy by Petrarch; the new knowledge reached England later.
What is the idea of the woman and the man in Renaissance literature?
The woman of the Renaissance was light, elegant, fair haired and skinned: she looked like an angel and she was unattainable.
The man was the courtly poet.
What is the different idea of the woman in the ballad and the sonnet?
In the ballad the woman is characterized as a tempter or a mother. In the sonnet the woman in a way to let the man reach salvation.
What is the difference between the ballad and the sonnet?
They are both connected to music, but the ballad is a popular form of poetry, the sonnet was written at court.
What is the difference between the language used in the ballad and the one used in the sonnet?
The language used in the ballad is simple to be understand by everybody; the language used in the sonnet is more elaborate.