Period Author Work Genre Theme

Anglo-Saxon Unknown Beowulf Epic Bravery

Anglo-Saxon Unknown The Wanderer Lyric poem Adventure
Anglo—Saxon Unknown The Seafarer Lyric poem Journey
Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer The Knight’s Tale Short story Bravery

Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey The Wife of Bath’s Tale Narrative poem Love
Chaucer
Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer The Pardoners Tale Short story Greediness

Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer The Second Nun’s Tale Short story

Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer The Miller’s Tale Short story

Middle English Geoffrey Chaucer The Nun’s Priest Tale Short story

Middle English Unknown Sir Gawain and the Metrical Romance Tale
Green Knight

Middle English Unknown Get up and Bar the Door Ballad Stubbornness

Modern English Period Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Drama Love, Hatred

Modern English Period Shakespeare The Tragedy of Macbeth Drama Greed, power

Modern English Period Shakespeare Hamlet Drama Vengeance

Modern English Period Raleigh Nymph’s Reply to the Lyric poem Loves, rejection, reality
Shepherd
Modern English Period Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Sonnet Immortality, love, life

Modern English Period Shakespeare Sonnet 29 Sonnet

Modern English Period Shakespeare Sonnet 91 Sonnet

Modern English Period Shakespeare Sonnet 116 Sonnet

Modern English Period Shakespeare Sonnet130 Sonnet Love,

Modern English Period Shakespeare Sonnet146 Sonnet

Modern English Period Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Lyric poem Love, promises
Shepherd To His Love

Modern English Period Walter Raleigh The Nymph’s Reply to Lyrics poem
the Shepherd

Modern English Francis Bacon Of Marriage and Single Essay Marriage

Life