My Mistress' Eyes

What is a theme of the poem?

• Beauty is not required for love

• Beauty is rare

• Love is beautiful

• Love is hard

How does line 2 contribute to our image of the speaker's mistress?

• Her lips are dull

• Her lips are pink

• Her lips are big

• Her lips are small

How do lines 1-12 contribute to our image of the speaker's mistress?

• His mistress is beautiful

• His mistress is not the traditional idea of beautiful

• His mistress is rude

• His mistress does not care about her appearance

The author includes the final two lines of the poem to show that -

• He still loves his mistress despite her appearance

• He thinks his mistress is ugly

• He will only love his mistress a little

• His mistress can be compared to many other women

The line - My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun - is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Which piece of evidence best supports the main theme of the passage?

• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare.

• I love to hear her speak, yet well I know.

• And in some perfumes is there more delight.

• Coral is far more red than her lips’ red.