Sonnet 130 Quiz

The problem in sonnet 130 is that -

• the speaker supports the conventional ideas of beaulty.

• the speaker contradicts the conventioal ideas of beauty.

• the speaker admires his beloved one for having fair skin and black silky hair.

• None

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

The speaker's tone in sonnet 130 is

• serious

• mysterious

• sarcastic

• melancholic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

The solution being offered in the couplet is that

• the speaker is being rude to his lady.

• the speaker is still confused about his lady's beauty.

• the speaker is being honest and enarmored with his lady.

• None

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

(If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. )

The figurative language used in this line is

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

What message does Shakespeare want to put across in this sonnet?

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5