WHS Poetry: The Sorrow of True Love and An Arundel Tomb

The Sorrow of True Love is assumed to be an unfinished...

• series of novels

• epic poem

• soliloquy

• sonnet

Complete the quotation: true love parting blackens a bright ...

• morning

• morrow

• mood

• metaphor

Thomas compares his true love to a love that is:

• a frozen drizzle perpetual

• perpetual disappointment

• a pathetic drizzle

• a freezing day

According to Thomas, when in true love despair is:

• frustration blinded by sadness

• horrendous

• hostility blinded by passion

• hope blinded by tears

Most of the lines in Thomas' poem feature:

• end-stopping

• enjambement

'The perfect scope of summer' is an example of which technique?

• Simile

• Soliloquy

• Sibilance

In which cathedral could you find the tomb described in the poem?

• Winchester

• Manchester

• Gloucester

• Chichester

What makes this tomb unusual? Tick all that apply.

• It's of an earl and his wife

• It's of an earl and his mistress

• The earl is holding the lady's hand

• There are two dogs under their feet

What device is used in the phrase 'sharp tender shock'?

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Soliloquy

Which word in the first stanza suggests a lot of time has passed?

• blurred

• stone

• jointed

• faint