Lingue

The guest sat on a stone and he cannot do without hearing; and then the bright-eyed mariner began to tell his story to the guest.
“The ship had left the docks, the port was left in a happily way. We passed near by the church, below the hill, below the lighthouse top.
“The Sun (personification of JUSTICE) appeared at our left, he came out of the

In foreign policies, England advanced her sea power, and colonisation increased. Parliamentary government made great progress and definite political parties – the Tories supporting the king and the Wight favouring par-liament – took shape. Soon, however, internal difficulties made themselves strongly felt: a terrible plague swept London in 1665 and a gr

The Sonnet
The renaissance is considered the golden age of poetry because of the flourishing of songs and sonnets during the period. The Sonnet came from Italy, were it had been experimented by Dante, Petrarch, whose Canzoniere had become the model of all European Renaissance poets, and thanks to Surry and Wyatt arrived also in England. This I

- At the geographic level this was an age of important geographical discoveries (America - 1492) which changed the old conception of the world and showed how the earth really was.They also gave new possibilities of commerce with new countries whoose existence was before unknow,countries which sometimes proved to be very rich in precious metals or exotic

Mary I succeeded Edward and married Philip of Spain. Under her reign, Protestants were persecuted, and the Queen earned the title of Bloody Mary. In 1558, when shi died, Elizabeth became Queen.

THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH I
Elizabeth I was reddish – gold haired and was attractive rather than beautiful. She had a strong personality, a lively inte

The Victorian age spans through a longer period than Queen Victoria’s reign
In fact, some events which took place before her coming to the throne had a great influence on the social history of the period. Among them of paramount importance was the passing of the Reform Bill, which extended the franchise to larger part of the middle-class an

• Invocazione
• Dichiarazione del tema
• La dedica

Seguiti da una serie di episodi contenenti:

• Descrizione dei costumi sociali
• Preparazione degli eroi alla battaglia
• Descrizione delle armi
• Battaglia
• La discesa negli inferi

Mai in Pope tutti questi elementi “epici” sono abbassati a futili

- no man was to pay any tax not approved by Parliament
- no man was to be imprisoned arbitrarily.
Charles was in favour of the High Church. When Charles made Cardinal Laud Archbishop of Canterbury, the High Church Party became stronger and was one of the causes of the civil war. Cardinal Laud persecuted the Puritans and when he tries to impose u

THE KING AGREED TO THE PETITION BUT IN 1629 HE DISSOLVED PARLIAMENT AND RULED WITHOUT IT FOR 11 YEARS. HE DECIDED TO FINANCE HIS GOVERNMENT WITH A TAX CALLED 'SHIP MONEY'.
IN 1640 THE KING HAD TO SUMMON PARLIAMENT AGIN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN RESOURCES TO SUBDUE A RELIGIOUS REBELLION IN SCOTLAND. =SHORT PARLIAMENT= IT WAS DISMISSED AFTER 3 WEEKS; LONG PA

The second major point of difference is formal. While the Romantic poets sought to escape from traditional verse patterns and to follow the rhythms of natural speech, 18th century poets use the Pindaric Ode, Miltonic blank verse and the Spenserian stanza. The 18th century Reflective poets mark the period of transition from Augustan Neoclassicism to 19t