Macbeth/To the Virgins Paired Passage

Who is being addressed in the poem, "To the Virgins?"

• Innocent, young individuals

• A young passionate lover

• A group of newly blooming flowers

• Britain's army before fighting France

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CCSS.RL.8.1

The following line is an example of which literary term?

“And this same flower that smiles today”

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The line “when youth and blood are warmer” probably means

• When you are young, your blood is warmer.

• Dead people are cold, unlike the living who are warm.

• Young people are healthy and farther from death.

• Young people are often together, thus producing more body heat.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The "To the Virgins" poet suggests that

• Youth is the best time of life, and the older you get, the worse the times.

• As you mature, life is harder but more rewarding.

• You will learn to appreciate your life later on.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

The last stanza of "To the Virgins" delivers the theme, which is

• Seize the day

• Marry only someone you love

• Getting old stinks

• When you are young, you are beautiful

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

The flower’s cycle in the first stanza of "To the Virgins" is a symbol of

• The brevity of human life

• The importance for seizing opportunities at the right time

• The connection between man and nature

• The loss of beauty as we age

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Using context clues, what does the word tarry mean in stanza 4 of "To the Virgins?"

• To stay in one place

• To die

• To find your own way

• To meet new people

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the tone of the poem "To the Virgins?"

• Depressing

• Motivating

• Joyful

• Boring

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Which poetic technique is apparent in BOTH of these

examples from the passages?

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting

The soon will his race be run And nearer he is to setting.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following do the Macbeth soliloquy

and the Merrick poem NOT have in common?

• They both are written in the same time period

• They both relay the message that life can be brief

• They both have a positive tone

• They both utilize meter to manipulate pace and mirror the passage of time