Fantomina - Eliza Haywood
Fantomina, which means "love in a maze" is a very interesting story about a woman who changes her identity and takes charge over her man,...
The History of the Nun - Aphra Behn
This is a story about a girl named Isabella whose mother died at a young age, forcing Isabella to become a nun. Her father decides to...
Oroonoko - Aphra Behn
Oroonoko, also known as "The Royal Slave" is the name of the main character in the story. The African Prince Oroonoko falls in love with...
By Night When Others Soundly Slept - Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet is talking about her relationship with God throughout her poem, "By Night When Others Soundly Slept." I found it...
The Infinites of Matter - Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish was a writing during a time of Englightment, a time where things in their world were changing a bit. Many people were...
An Answer to Another Persuading a Lady to Marriage - Katherine Phillips
This poem was about Katherine Phillips explaining the proper way to propose to a lady for marriage. It is clear that she is making it...
Psalm 150 - Mary Sidney
Mary Sidney was a very important writer during this time, along with Queen Elizabeth and Mary Wroth. What is different about Mary Sidney,...
From Pamphilia to Amphilanthus: 7
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is a sonnet sequence written by a poet, Mary Wroth. Throughout this poem, the 7th sonnet in the sequence, it...
On Monsieur's Departure - Queen Elizabeth 1
This poem was interesting and stood out to me the most out of all the Queen Elizabeth's poems that we read for class. It is about her...
Shakespeare and Petrarch
Since we haven’t read poems in class yet, this was obviously a lot different from what we have read so far. I am generally not very good...
