The Song of the Wandering Aengus/Sonnet 43

What is the rhyme scheme in "The Song of the Wandering Aengus"?

• a-b-a-b

• a-b-c-b

• a-b-c-d

• a-b-b-a

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an example of a simile in the first stanza of "The Wandering Aengus"?

• "a fire was in my head"

• "white moths were on the wings"

• "moth-like stars were flickering out"

• "caught a silver trout"

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

What transformation is described in the second stanza of "The Song of the Wandering Aengus"?

• A berry turns into a silver trout.

• The fire's flame becomes a glimmering girl.

• A silver trout becomes a glimmering girl.

• A glimmering girl disappears into think air.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the speaker searching for in the third stanza of "The Song of the Wandering Aengus"?

• hollow and hilly lands

• the silver trout

• silver apples of the moon

• the glimmering girl

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which element in "Sonnet 43" is a feature of a sonnet?

• paradox

• repetition

• figurative language

• fourteen lines

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

In which lines of "Sonnet 43" does the rhyme scheme change?

• lines 1-4

• lines 5-8

• lines 9-12

• lines 13-14

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

The main contrast expressed in "Sonnet 43" is between

• eye and mind.

• day and night.

• object and shadow.

• living and dying.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Line 8 of "Sonnet 43,""When unseeing eyes they shade shines so," contains an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the speaker in "Sonnet 43" reveal about himself?

• He does not sleep well.

• He is happiest at night.

• He does not see well.

• He is busy during the day.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Both poems express

• longing for a lost love.

• the magic of nature.

• the loneliness of the night.

• the troubles of old age.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7