"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and Shakespeare's "Sonnet 43

What is the rhyme scheme in “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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• A glimmering girl disappears into think air.

• The fire’s flame becomes a glimmering girl.

• A silver trout becomes a glimmering girl.

• A berry turns into a silver trout.

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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”?

• the silver trout

• hollow and hilly lands

• silver apples of the moon

• the glimmering girl

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Which element in “Sonnet 43” is a feature of a sonnet?

• fourteen lines

• repetition

• paradox

• figurative language

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

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.8.4

What does the speaker of “Sonnet 43” reveal about himself?

• He does not sleep well.

• He is busy during the day

• He is happiest at night.

• He does not see well.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

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Line 8 of “Sonnet 43,” “When to unseeing eyes they shade shines so,” contains an example of

• metaphor.

• alliteration.

• personification.

• simile

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CCSS.RL.6.4

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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.RI.6.7

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CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7