Lady Mary Wroth "False Hope, which feeds but to destroy"
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Back then what was the main focus in poetry?
Men suffering and blaming women
(wrong answers:
Sweet romance,
Boosting about yourself)
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How did she change the perspective?? :(2 answers :)
She put female desire in the spotlight
(wrong answers:
She blamed men back and targeted men authors who wrote in the traditional way,
She lowkey agreed with the pervious authors and proved their point,
Described love as a complex and self-aware state of mind rather than an obsessive longing)
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What is the main theme of the sonnet???
False hope
(wrong answers:
Slow burn,
Forgiveness,
Accepting fate)
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Who is the main audience of this sonnet????
High ranking individuals
(wrong answers:
Housewifes,
Men of lower status)
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How many lines and stanzas does this poem have?????
14 lines & 3 stanzas
(wrong answers:
12 lines & 3 stanzas,
8 lines & 2 stanzas)
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Compared to the writing of that time how was her take on hope different??????
She wrote as if hope was something destructive
(wrong answers:
She believed that through hope anything could be achieved,
She portrays hope to be a divine gift)