2. The English renaissance was a cultural and
artistic movement in England dating from the
late 15th to the early 17th century. It is
associated with the pan- European renaissance
that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in
the late 14th century.
3. The style of Renaissance Poetry was epic style,
and sonnets (Shakespeare).
Characteristics include:
Rhyme, the repetition of similar sounds,
intensity in feelings, the poem has power of feeling,
The topics of the poems varied from religion to heroes,
Poems about heroes/ heroines were very popular
4. The Modern English translation
Death be not proud
Death, don't be proud - even
though some people have said you
are Mighty and dreadful. You are
not mighty and dreadful. Those
people you think that you destroy
Don't die, and you can't really kill
me either. Poor Death! Death is
like rest and sleep, and from rest
and sleep we get Much pleasure.
So to be dead must be even more
pleasurable And the sooner the
best people in the world die the
better, O Death who gives rest to
their bones and delivers their souls
[to heaven]. You are a servant to
fate, chance, kings, and desperate
men, And your companions are
poison, war, and sickness, And,
anyway, poppies or charms can
make us sleep even Better than
you can. Why do you swell with
pride, then? After a short sleep, we
will be awake forever [in heaven]
And death will exist no longer.
Death, it is you who will die.
