A) 1588 B) 1599 C) 1609 D) 1616
A) 150 B) 126 C) 154 D) 160
A) Spenserian B) Petrarchan C) Horatian D) English or Shakespearean
A) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG C) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG D) ABC ABC DEF DEF GG
A) Anapestic trimeter B) Dactylic hexameter C) Trochaic tetrameter D) Iambic pentameter
A) The use of iambic pentameter B) The structure of traditional sonnets C) The theme of unrequited love D) The conventions of ideal beauty in courtly sonnets
A) Milton B) Spenser C) Chaucer D) Petrarch
A) She is more worthy of love than those praised with false comparisons B) She is as beautiful as nature itself C) She lacks beauty compared to other women D) She is not worth any praise
A) Richard Linche B) Thomas Watson C) Michael Drayton D) Barnabe Barnes
A) Mid-line reversal B) Initial reversal C) Spondaic substitution D) Pyrrhic substitution
A) It is purely derisive and mocks the mistress B) It is an example of idealized beauty C) It follows conventional sonnet themes D) It acts as a compliment by acknowledging true qualities
A) By using exaggerated metaphors B) By equating her beauty with that of nature C) By highlighting her inadequacy in such comparisons D) By ignoring any comparison altogether
A) Michael Drayton's poems B) Thomas Watson's 'Passionate Century of Love' only C) Barnabe Barnes' sonnets D) Richard Linche's poem collection 'Diella'
A) Misrepresentations of beauty by other poets B) The speaker's own exaggerated comparisons C) An accurate depiction of his mistress D) A comparison between heaven and earth
A) It concludes with a negative view of the mistress B) It praises the mistress using Petrarchan imagery C) It introduces new metaphors for beauty D) It asserts genuine love despite lack of idealized comparisons
A) It emphasizes the divine nature of love B) It introduces a new rhyme scheme C) It maintains the iambic pentameter structure D) It breaks from traditional sonnet form |