John Donne Trivia

What is a hyperbole?

• a seemingly contradictory statement

• a use of meter to suggest rapid motion

• a deliberate exaggeration made for effect

• a rhyme within a line of poetry for emphasis

• a vivid image used to make the reader feel some emotion

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Which of the following contains a hyperbole?

• "Such a pilgrimage were sweet"

• "If thou beest born to strange sights"

• "All strange wonders that befell thee"

• "No where?Lives a woman true, and fair"

• "And find/What wind/ Serves to advance and honest mind"

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Which of these are the characteristics of metaphysical poetry?

• philosophical speculations beyond the sensory? notions such as time, god, human nature etc.

• paradoxical speculations about the senses, such as time, god, human nature etc.

Which of these (could be multiple) does Donne use in his poetry?

• Paradox

• Puns

• Personification

• Pastoral imagery

• Persona

Many of Donne's poems feature

• Gender, love and personal identity

• Age, grace and fortitude

• Love, light and the lord

• Health and wellbeing

Where was he imprisoned for love?

• The Tower of Parliament

• Putney Bridge

• The Tower of London

• Whitehall Palace

PART A: Which of the following best describes a theme of the poem?

• Death is inevitable for everyone, whether a person is a slave or a king.

• Death should not be feared because it is just a form of permanent sleep.

• Death should not be feared because it is the transition from life to the afterlife.

• Pride makes fools out of everyone, even death. Pride makes fools out of everyone, even death.

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which of the following phrases best describes the speaker's attitude after the phrase, "Die not, poor Death, not yet canst thou kill me."

• frightened and upset

• rebellious and confident

• surprised and confused

• angry and excited

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The use of conceits is especially characteristic of what kind of poetry?

• lyric

• Petrachan

• Elizabethian

• Metaphysical

• Shakespearean

Why does the speaker in "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" forbid mourning?

• The speaker has the authority to issue orders like this one.

• Mourning would be false because the deceased was not loved

• Sadness in unwarranted because the love between the speaker and his wife has no end.

• The use of mourning is a play on words; the speaker is saying there should be no morning or future without him.

• He wants her to mourn so he thinks if he tells her not to do something, she will do it.