A) William Shakespeare B) John Milton C) Edmund Spenser D) Christopher Marlowe
A) 120 B) 160 C) 154 D) 132
A) Shakespeare's wife B) The poet's muse C) A young man, referred to as the Fair Youth D) An unnamed woman
A) Mystical experiences B) The destructive force of time and the preservation of youth C) Political power struggles D) Nature's beauty
A) Haiku B) Villanelle C) English or Shakespearean sonnet D) Petrarchan sonnet
A) Two B) One C) Three D) Four
A) AABB CCDD EEFF GG B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG C) ABC ABC DEF DEF D) ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
A) Anapestic trimeter B) Trochaic tetrameter C) Dactylic hexameter D) Iambic pentameter
A) Pyrrhic substitution B) Mid-line reversal ('hear this') C) Spondaic substitution D) Dactylic substitution
A) Two B) One C) Three D) Four
A) His poetic talent B) His wealth and status C) His ability to maintain a youthful appearance over time D) His political influence
A) They will have to know that beauty died before they were born. B) They will be free from the ravages of time. C) They will surpass the current age in beauty and wisdom. D) They will rediscover lost arts.
A) Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green. B) For fear of which, hear this thou age unbred: C) Age comes on imperceptibly. D) The youth does not seem to have grown older at all
A) That political power will eventually be restored to its rightful place. B) That future generations will forget the past. C) That nature will reclaim all human achievements. D) That beauty and youth are fleeting as time progresses. |