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WorksheetsBright Star by John Keats
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
“Bright star” is an example of
(A) metonymy
(B) simile
(C) apostrophe
(D) aubade
(E) synecdoche
In line 1, the word “steadfast” best refers to being
(A) strong
(B) constant
(C) immovable
(D) quick
(E) eternal
The poem’s form is best described as
(A) an ode
(B) a Shakespearean sonnet
(C) an Italian sonnet
(D) a ballad
(E) sestina
The poem juxtaposes the immortality of the
star with
(A) the fleeting nature of love
(B) the moon’s effect on tide
(C) the imperfection of human perception
(D) the reality of human death
(E) the beauty of nature
The poem makes dramatic use of all of the
following EXCEPT
(A) simile
(B) personification
(C) internal rhyme
(D) allusion
(E) paradox
Which is an example of oxymoron?
(A) “ripening breast” (line 10)
(B) “human shores” (line 6)
(C) “lone splendour” (line 2)
(D) “sweet unrest” (line 12)
(E) “soft-fallen mask” (line 7)
The tone could be described as
(A) resigned
(B) melancholy
(C) haughty
(D) cynical
(E) scornful
Which images best illustrate a contrast
between a static view of time and a fluid one?
I. “the new soft-fallen mask/Of snow”
(lines 7–8) with “the moving waters”
(line 5)
II. “watching with eternal lids apart” (line
3) and “its soft fall and swell” (line 11)
III. “to feel forever” (line 11) with “tender-
taken breath” (line 13
A dominant tension in the poem is conveyed
through all of the following types of imagery EXCEPT
(A) visual
(B) tactile
(C) auditory
(D) olfactory
(E) kinesthetic
The use of dashes in lines 1, 8, 9, and 14
serves as a scheme of interruption that
(A) denounces the speaker’s current state
(B) objectifies the speaker’s desires
(C) defines the speaker’s problems
(D) clarifies the speaker’s ideas
(E) challenges the speaker’s destiny
