"Flie, Fly... " Sonnet Analysis

The theme of the poem concerns the

• perils of highwaymen

• infidelity of friends

• beauty of nature

• wiles of love

• brevity of life

The allusion upon which the sonnet is based concerns

• Apollo

• Cupid

• Oedipus

• Nemesis

• Narcissus

In the poem the conceit of the assassin is figuratively used to portray the speaker's

• experiencing death

• suffering financial ruin

• falling in love

• appreciating nature

• succumbing to despair

Of the following, which is NOT a term used to describe the speaker's assailant?

• "murthering boy" (line 2)

• "theefe" (line 3)

• "Tyran" (line 5)

• "Poore passenger" (line 9)

• "bad guest" (line 11)

Which of the following does the speaker NOT do in the poem?

• bemoan the gravity of his condition

• identify both his attacker and his hiding place

• impugn via a simile the character of his assailant

• appeal to his friends to bring aid

• affirm his 'innocent victim' status

The direness of the speaker's situation in the opening four lines of the sonnet is stylistically intensified by all of the following EXCEPT

• imperative mode

• apostrophe

• inversion

• simile

• repetition

According to the speaker in lines 5-11, the primary advantage of the assailant's hiding place is its

• proximity to the road

• easy escape

• virtual unassailability

• covert nature

• commanding view of the countryside

The aural quality of lines 5-8 is enhanced by each of the following EXCEPT

• repetition

• assonance

• end rhyme

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

In relation to the first eight lines of the poem, the sextet

• returns to the circumstance of the speaker's beguilement

• describes the physical features of the assailant

• deplores the traveler's lack of safety

• delineates the speaker's final words before dying

• serves as a moral warning to others

Which of the following does NOT refer to the hiding place of the assailant?

• "darke bush" (line 3)

• "fitter place" (line 5)

• "faire levell" (line 6)

• "secret stay" (line 6)

• "blacke hue" (line 11)