Sonnet 75 Poem by Edmund Spenser

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

• Petrarch

• Shakespeare

• Elizabeth

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

• on the beach

• on a ship

• in a tree house

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

• his coffin

• his verse

• his house

"came the wave"

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

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

• remarkable

• pointless

• useful

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

• power of poetry

• power of heaven

• power of death

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

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.

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.

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.