Sonnet 30 by Edmund Spenser

"My love is like to ice, and I to fire;" is an example of....

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

The speaker is confessing _____________ to the lady.

• crime

• hate

• love

• secret

He is like ________________.

• ice

• wind

• fire

• earth

She is like _______________.

• fire

• air

• light

• ice

Is the speaker successful in winning the lady?

• Yes

• No

What happens as the speaker continues and try to win the lady's love?

• She falls for him.

• Nothing happens.

• She becomes colder towards him.

• She loves someone else.