Sonnet 43

How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet have?

• 8

• 12

• 14

• 16

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is...

• regular

• irregular

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Where is the theme of a Shakespearean sonnet summarized?

• Lines 1-2

• Lines 13-14 (the couplet)

• the first stanza

• the second stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet

• abab ccdd efef gg

• aabb ccdd eeff gg

• aabb ccdd eeff aa

• abab cdcd efef gg

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which type of figurative language is used in the lines below?

But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee.

[...] when dreams do show thee me.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which type of figurative language is used in the lines below?

And darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.

When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so!

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which type of figurative language is used in the lines below?

All days are nights to see till I see thee,

And nights bright days [...]

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In line 7, the poem reads "To the clear day with thy much clearer light."

The poet is using light to symbolize the woman's...

• beauty

• caring personality

• old age

• cruel personality

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which word is a synonym for the word sightless?

Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!

• awake

• open

• bright

• closed

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4