The Song of Wandering Aengus and Sonnet 43

What is the rhyme scheme in the first four lines of "The Song of Wandering Aengus?"

• a-b-a-b

• a-b-c-b

• a-b-c-d

• a-b-b-a

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is an example of a simile in the first stanza of "The Song of Wandering Aengus"?

• "a fire was in my head"

• "white moths were on the wing"

• "moth-like stars were flickering out"

• "caught a little silver trout"

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CCSS.RL.7.10

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What transformation is described in the second stanza of "The Song of Wandering Aengus?"?

• A berry turns into a silver trout.

• The fire's flame becomes a glimmering girl.

• A silver trout becomes a glimmering girl.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is the speaker searching for in the third stanza of "The Song of Wandering Aengus"?

• hollow and hilly lands

• the silver trout

• the glimmering girl

• silver apples of the moon

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.6.4

What element in "Sonnet 43" is a feature of a sonnet?

• paradox

• repetition

• figurative language

• fourteen lines

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

In which lines of "Sonnet 43" does the rhyme scheme change?

• lines 1-4

• lines 5-8

• lines 9-12

• lines 13-14

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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The main contrast expressed in "Sonnet 43" is between ...

• eye and mind

• day and night

• object and shadow

• living and dying

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

The speaker in "Sonnet 43" reveals he is happier during the ....

• day

• night

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.6.4

Line 8 of "Sonnet 43" - "When to unseeing eyes they shade shines so," contains an example of ...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Both poems express ....

• longing for a lost love

• the magic of nature

• the loneliness of night

• the troubles of old age

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7