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