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What is the message of Holy Sonnet 10?
Death can never triumph because faith grants eternal life
"Holy Sonnet 10" can be considered a metaphyiscal poetry because?
An idea is debated by linkening it to an arrogant but finally powerless tryant
Why is the seemingly contradictory phrase "Death, thou shalt die" actually true within the context of Holy Sonnet 10?
After death, a Christain awakes to eternal life
Which of the following pairs are the subjects of John Donne's "Song"?
Love and Death
In "Song", the lines "Yesternight the sun went hence, / And yet is here today" are an example of?
A paradox
Which of the following is the best interpretation of these lines from "Song"?
You cry because you love me, but your tears make me suffer
Which of the following excerpts from "Valediction" is the best example of a metaphysical conceit?
"If they be rwo, they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two
Why did they author say this (quote from Valediction "Though I must go…expansion")?
To assure his beloved that the distance will make their love grow
What can you infer about the speaker's situation from these final lines of valediction: "Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun?
The speaker and his lover are bound, though they may be apart
In "Meditation 17", God is presented as being analogous to?
A publisher
Which of the following excerpts from "Meditation 17" expresses the…of the poem?
"Any mans death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind…"
In "Meditation 17", what is meant by the statemnt "when one man dies, a page is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language"?
When we die, we do not cease to exist but instaed achieve eternal life
What conclusion can you draw about the speaker's motive for writing "Meditation 17"?
The speaker wants to convey the importance of suffering and mutual experience
According to the argument Donne puts forth in "Meditation", why is everyone affected by another death?
Human beings are necessarily involced with another
What is the speaker expressing in these lines from "On my first son": "For why /Will man lament the state he should envy?..."?
Confusion and anger about the value of life
In "On my first son", what is the best piece of poetry" referring to?
Johnson's Son
An epigram is characterized by?
permanance, brevity, clarity, and wit
Which of the following epitaphs can be considered an epigram?
Here doth lies Ben Johnson his best piece of poetry
The theme of "Song: To Celia" is the?
Sensuous pleasures of love
Johnson's probable purpose in writing "Song:To Celia" was to?
depict an amorous courtship
Which of the following best describes the speaker's view of Celia in "Song: To Celia"?
Idealistic
Which of the following is true of ALL epigrams?
They contain a hidden truth
What is the speaker saying in the following passage: "Or leave a kiss but in the cup / And I'll not look for wine…"?
He would not trade the kiss his lady left in the cup for the nectar of Jove
The thirst that the speaker refers to in the passage" The thirst that soul doth rise," is?
His desire for his lady's love
What is the speaker saying in the following excerpt: "I sent thee late a rosy wreath, / Not so much honoring thee…"?
He thinkgs the wreath has acquired some of his lady's characteristics
What can you hypothesize about the speaker in "Song: To Celia"?
He unrealistically idealizes his lady
Which of the folowwing lines from To His Coy Mistress" best expresses the carpe diem theme?
This, though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will
In "To His Coy Mistress, " to what does Marvell allude to in the line "Time's wind chariot hurrying near"?
the approach of death
In "Ton His Coy Mistress," the lines "The grave's a fine and private place, …think do there to embrace" are an expression of which attitude toward death?
Acceptance of death's invetiblilty but disbelief in any comfort of eterbnal life
At times, the speaker in "To His Coy Mistress displays tongue in cheek humor. Which line shows that humor?
"The grave's a fine and private place / But none I think do there…"
Hidden quatrains, such as those in "To His Coy Mistress," are?
Two couplets joined by one idea, word picture, or comparison
Which of the follownig lines from "To the Virgins, To Make Much" presses the carpe diem theme?"
They be not coy, but use your time"
The rosebuds in the first line of "To the Virgins" symbolize?
The joys of youth
What does the flower symbolize in these lines for "To the virgin":"And this same flower that smiles today, Tomrrow will be dying"?
The length of human life
Which word for "To the Virgins" symbolizes energy?
Blood
What is the theme of Sir John Suckling's Song?
Don’t waste your time on unrequited love
In the poem "Song," the attitude of the speaker toward his subject can be described as?
Mildy rebuking
Which of the following lines form "Song" s best expression of the carpe diem theme?
Quit, quit, for shame
Which word expresses the speaker's attitude in these lines: "If of herself she will not love, / Nothing can maker her: / The…"?
Impatience
What is the theme of this excerpt from Paradise Lost?
Good and evil
Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost expresses values of 17th century Christan England in that it reflects a prevalent belief in?
heaven and hell
Which of the following describes the style in which Paradise Lost is written?
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is the main clause in the following lines from Paradise Lost? And chiefly thou O Spirit, that dost prefer / Before all temple the upright heart and pure , / Instruct me, for thou know'st"?
Instruct me
The linws "with loss of Eden, till one greater Man / Restore us and regain…seat" allude to the?
Coming of Christ
Which of the following lines refferring to Satan best expresses the conflict between Satan and God?
"He trusted to have equaled the Most High
By combining Hebrew and Classical elements, Milton conveys the message that?
People throughout history have been concerned with similar things…
The word "light" in the line "When I Consider How My Light is Spent relates to?
Patience
What is the theme of Sonnet XIX?
One does not have to labor or accomplish great things to serve God
Which of the following best describes the change in tone between the octet and sestet of Sonnet XIX?
From disturbed to accepting
What is the main clause in the following lines from "Paradise Lost": Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable, / Dpoing or suffering…"?
To be weak is miserable
In Sonner VII, which of the following attitudes of the speaker is reflected: That I to manhood am arrived so near, An inward ripeness doth much less appear"?
Regret at his lack of maturity
What is the rhyme shceme of the first two stanzas of Sonnet VII?
Abba abba
One of the central ideas of Sonnet VII is that?
Human destiny is mostly in the hands of fate
When you encounter complex sentences, you can break…clause which?
Stands by itself
Which of the following information would best help a reader to understand the historical context of To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars"?
Lovelace was a Royalist who supported Charles I.
What does the speaker mean in the following lines: "I could not love thee, Dearm so much, / Loved I not honor more"?
He would be unworth of love if honor meant nothing to him.
What is the theme of Lovelace's poem, "To Lucasta"?
Love for country is the highest love
By using the word "nunnery" in reference to his loved one, in "To Lucasta", the speaker creates the impression that she is?
Chaste
Which of the following words best describes the speaker's attitude about his…onment in "To Althea"?
defiant
Which of the following is the central idea of Lovelace's poem "To Althea"?
Innocent minds are free
Which of the following words best describes the tone of "To Althea"?
Uplifting
Which of the following actions would be the most helpful to a reader to use historical context to understand a piece of 17th century literature?
Reseaching the histroical period in which the piece was written
What is the theme of "On my First Son"?
The death of a child