Sonnet 75 Poem by Edmund Spenser

Spenser is influenced by ..........

• Petrarch

• Shakespeare

• Elizabeth

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The setting is ...............

• on the beach

• on a ship

• in a tree house

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The poet eternalizes his beloved in ...............

• his coffin

• his verse

• his house

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"came the wave"

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

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The poet's effort is ...................

• remarkable

• pointless

• useful

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The poet views the .......................

• power of poetry

• power of heaven

• power of death

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One day I wrote her name upon the strand, 1

But came the waves and washéd it away:

Again I wrote it with a second hand,

But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.

What situation does the speaker describes in one through four of sonnet 75?

• The speaker talks about his love's name in the sand twice but the tide washes it away

• The speaker writes his name in the sand twice but the tide washes it away

• The speaker writes his love's name in the sand twice but the tide washes it away

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

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For I myself shall like to this decay,

And eke my name be wipéd out likewise.”

Which sentence best summarizes the woman's major idea in line 7 through 8 of sonnet 75?

• I will someday die and be gone like my name.

• I will someday move and be gone like my name.

• I will someday change and be gone like my name.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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Why does the speaker in Sonnet 75 tell his beloved that their "love shall live"?

• The speakers thinks that he will immortalize their love by allowing future generations to read about it.

• The speakers thinks that she will immortalize their love by allowing future generations to read about it.

• The speakers thinks that his poem will immortalize their love by allowing future generations to read about it.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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What does the speaker in Sonnet 75 plan to immortalize about the woman?

• He plans to immortalize her name and virtues.

• He plans to immortalize his name and virtues.

• He plans to immortalize her body and soul.

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