Packet 7: Tossup 14

A phase named for this author follows “Native” poetry in the preface to a poetry anthology by John Williams. Yvor (“ee-vor”) Winters opposed “sugared” poetry influenced by this author, favoring the “plain style” of Barnabe Googe (“gooj”) and George Gascoigne (“GAS-coin”). Separate poets (-5[1])interpreted a conclusion by this author as “For good is the life ending faithfully” and “Sweet is the death that taketh end by love.” A later poet rendered this author’s warning “Let no one touch me” as the (-5[1])Latin “Noli me tangere” (10[1]-5[3])when it appears (-5[1])on a bejeweled (-5[1])necklace (-5[2])worn by a hind. (10[1]-5[2])Tottel’s Miscellany (-5[1])collected imitations of this author like “My galley chargèd with forgetfulness,” “Love, that doth reign and live within my thought,” and “Whoso list to hunt” (10[1])by the Earl of Surrey and Sir (-5[1])Thomas (-5[1])Wyatt. (10[1])For 10 points, an octet and sestet (10[1])comprise (10[2])a sonnet form (-5[1])named for what Italian poet? (10[2])■END■ (10[12])

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