Sonnet Funsies

Is this a Shakespearean (English) sonnet or a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet?

• Shakespearean (English) sonnet

• Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet

• Spenserian sonnet

• Miltonic sonnet

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

• ABABCDCDEFEFGG

• ABBAABBACDCDCD

• AABBCCDDEEFFGG

• ABBACDDCEFFEGG

What is an example of a metaphor used in the poem?

• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

• Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade

• So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see

What is an example of personification used in the poem?

• Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade

• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

• By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed

• Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines

The theme of this poem is (a)  

• The eternal nature of true beauty
• The fleeting nature of time
• The power of love
• The inevitability of change

Is this a Shakespearean (English) sonnet or a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet?

• Shakespearean (English) sonnet

• Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet

• Spenserian sonnet

• Miltonic sonnet

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

• ABBA ABBA CDCDCD

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABAB BABA CDCD DC

What is an example of a metaphor used in the poem?

• "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height"

• "I love thee freely, as men strive for right"

• "I love thee purely, as they turn from praise"

• "I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life"

An example of imagery used in the poem is (a)  

• "By sun and candle-light"
• "With my lost saints"
• "With the breath, smiles, tears, of
• "Let me count the ways"

What is an example of a simile used in the poem?

• "I love thee freely, as men strive for right"

• "I love thee to the level of every day's"

• "I love thee with the passion put to use"

• "I love thee with a love I seemed to lose"