Match the achievement or identifying characteristic to the person.

1. perfected the sonnet form in the country of its origin

2. addressed his poems to Stella

3. wrote sonnets on religious themes

4. Shakespeare's wife

5. introduced the printing press to England

6. acting group to which Shakespeare belonged

7. wrote 154 sonnets

8. created a rhyme scheme different from that used in the English or Italian sonnet

9. wrote essays in an age of poetry

1. Spencer

2. King's Men

3. Anne Hathaway

4. William Caxton

5. Petrarch

6. Shakespeare

7. Donne

8. Francis Bacon

9. Sidney

Match the achievement or identifying characteristic to the person.

1. perfected the sonnet form in the country of its origin - 5. Petrarch

2. addressed his poems to Stella - 9. Sidney

3. wrote sonnets on religious themes - 7. Donne

4. Shakespeare's wife - 3. Anne Hathaway

5. introduced the printing press to England - 4. William Caxton

6. acting group to which Shakespeare belonged - 2. King's Men

7. wrote 154 sonnets - 6. Shakespeare

8. created a rhyme scheme different from that used in the English or Italian sonnet - 1. Spencer

9. wrote essays in an age of poetry - 8. Francis Bacon

1. perfected the sonnet form in the country of its origin: Petrarch

2. addressed his poems to Stella: Sydney

3. wrote sonnets on religious themes: Donne

4. Shakespeare's wife: Anne Hathaway

5. introduced the printing press to England: William Caxton

6. acting group to which Shakespeare belonged: King's Men

7. wrote 154 sonnets: Shakespeare

8. created a rhyme scheme different from that used in the English or Italian sonnet : Spencer

9. wrote essays in an age of poetry: Francis Bacon