Shakespeare: Sonnets 29, 73, 116, and 130

From reading Sonnets 29, 73, 116, & 130, one can conclude that Shakespeare's idea of love involves the premise that

• true love ends when circumstances require that it do so.

• people must be close in age to be truly in love.

• real love brings a person money, fame, and respect.

• true love is indifferent to wealth, beauty, age, and circumstance.

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The mood changes in a Shakespearean sonnet with the appearance of a

• quatrain.

• turn.

• rhyme.

• couplet.

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Sonnet 29 concludes with a feeling of

• jealousy.

• doom.

• ambivalence.

• happiness.

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The lines "That time of year thou mayst in me behold/When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang/Upon those boughs.." from Sonnet 73 mean that in the future, the speaker's beloved may

• recognize that he is an old man.

• see that he is neither famous nor rich.

• believe that he does not appreciate him/her.

• feel that he is envious of others.

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The passage "Love's not Time's fool" in Sonnet 116 suggests that love

• is not deluded by material wealth.

• cannot last forever.

• endures the decline of youth.

• is strongest when people are young.

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The reference to "rosy lips and cheeks" is an example of

• scansion.

• iambic pentameter.

• synechdoche.

• hyperbole.

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Before the final couplet, the speaker in Sonnet 130 seems to be

• praising his mistress.

• criticizing his mistress.

• criticizing society.

• blinded by his mistress' beauty.

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By the end of Sonnet 130, the reader knows that the speaker's feelings toward his mistress are

• ambivalent.

• devoted.

• contemptuous.

• uninterested.

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All the couplets at the ends of the sonnets function to

• add a statement of great impact and importance.

• confirm what was said at the beginning.

• add a statement of ambiguity.

• express the speaker's sorrow.

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The chief subject of Shakespeare's sonnets is related to

• overcoming obstacles.

• defying systemic issues.

• love and its joys and sorrows.

• jealousy and the ugly consequences it reaps.

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