Module 1.6

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

1. What does the speaker count in this poem?

• the ways he or she gets through difficulties in life

• the ways he or she grieves for the "lost saints" of childhood

• the ways he or she loves the person being addressed

• the ways he or she thinks the person being addressed could improve

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

The rhyme scheme of the first four lines of this poem is ABBA. What is the rhyme scheme of the next four lines (lines 5-8)?

• AAAA

• AABB

• ABBA

• ABAB

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

Read these lines from the poem.

"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace."

Based on these lines, what can you conclude about the speaker's love for the addressee?

• The speaker loves the addressee as much as the speaker's soul allows.

• The speaker loves the addressee even though the addressee is not graceful.

• The depth of the speaker's love for the addressee is not as great as its breadth and height.

• The height of the speaker's love for the addressee is not as great as its depth and breadth.

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

Read these lines from the poem.

"I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.I love thee with a love I seemed to loseWith my lost saints."

Based on these lines, what can you conclude about the speaker's past?

• There have been times of joy and pride in the speaker's past.

• There have been times of sadness and loss in the speaker's past.

• There have been times of hate and violence in the speaker's past.

• There have been times of boredom and disgust in the speaker's past.

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

What is the speaker's message to his or her addressee?

• I wish I had met you sooner.

• I love you now more than I used to

• I love you now, but I used to love you more.

• I love you in many different ways.

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

Where in this poem does anaphora occur?

• lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6

• lines 2, 4, 6, 7, 13, and 14

• lines 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10

• lines 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

Read these lines from the poem.

"I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death."

What is the meaning of the word "but" in the last line?

• only

• never

• first

• currently

Text: How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

The speaker declares that he or she loves the addressee with “passion” (line 9). What was this passion once put to use in?

• The speaker's passion was once put to use in love.

• The speaker's passion was once put to use in griefs (or grieving).

• The speaker's passion was once put to use in jealousy.

• The speaker's passion was once put to use in obsession.

Text: The Loveliest of Trees

What does the speaker call the “loveliest of trees”?

• the white tree

• the maple tree

• the cherry tree

• the oak tree

Text: Loveliest of Trees

What does the poet describe in the first verse of the poem?

• the wood’s decorations for Easter

• a tree in the woods hung with bloom

• a bright red tree in the woods

• the path he or she takes through the woods