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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

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1.

The tone of the poem is best described as 

a)
  1. appreciative towards the loved one. ​

b)

Assertiveness

c)

Romantic and optimistic

d)

Cheerfulness

e)

Springily

2.

What is the speaker’s purpose in the repetition of “live with me and be my love.” in lines 1,20 and 24?​

a)

To illustrate the speaker's despair and longing of his loved one

b)

To help the reader have a feeling of empathy

c)

To show the speaker's desire 

d)

To show that the speakers wish for his loved one to be with him and his strong feelings

e)
  1. To help the reader understand the connection of the speaker and his loved one​

3.

In lines 9-16, how is the speaker portrayed?​

a)

 The speaker is portrayed as demanding

b)

 The speaker is portrayed as adoring and promising

c)

The speaker is portrayed as obsessed and attached to his loved one

d)

The speaker is portrayed as intense and loving

e)

The speaker is portrayed as fervent 

4.

What is the theme of the poem overall ?​

a)

The theme of the poem is chasing their dreams to live in nature 

b)

The theme of the poem is coming of age in two people to love each other

c)

The theme of the poem is the importance in relationships commitment 

d)

 The theme of the poem is a romantic and affectionate making promises to his loved one 

e)

The theme of the poem is about the influence of religion 

5.

How would you describe the diction and style of the poem?​

a)

The poem is a pastoral poems which describes the beauty of nature and rural life, using a AABB rhythm scheme.

b)

The style of the poem is a free verse poem, and it does not strict meter.

c)

The poem is a Ballad using a melodious rhyme scheme.

d)

The poet uses an ode style on the poem using a detailed structure describing nature.

e)

The style of the poem is a narrative style about the speaker proposing to his loved one.

6.

What is the speaker’s purpose in using the lines 7 and 8 “By shallow rovers to whose falls/ Melodious birds sing Madrigals?

a)

The speaker uses these lines to emphasis a strong feeling of love 

b)

The speaker uses these lines to suggest that the poet is shy and doesn’t understand love

c)

The speaker uses these lines to portray that shallow rivers, and birds singing represent someone who has a strong feelings of love for a words

d)

The speaker uses these lines to give a sense of death by the “shallow rivers”

e)
  1. The speaker uses these lines to show how the poet feels toward the rovers and birds​

7.

What is the poem about?

a)

The poem is about how the speaker enjoys hearing the birds sing

b)

The poem is about how the speaker is shy about his feelings 

c)

The poem is about the speaker offering his natural and loving future to their loved one

d)

The poem is about how the speaker loves nature

e)
  1. The poem is about how the speaker falls in love with nature because his experience with nature​

8.

How would you define the word “Madrigals”?​

a)

A tone of voice

b)

A song during the 16-17th century

c)

part-song for several voices

d)

A war cry

e)

A group of birds singing 

9.

What is the main point of the poem?

a)

The main point is how speaker tries to convince his listener to come to the country and be his lover

b)

The main point is how the speaker is trying to love someone he can’t

c)

The main point of the poem is the speaker being in love with something that is not human

d)

The main point of the poem is the speakers love about nature 

e)

The main point of the poem is how the speaker is trying to convince him self that he is in love with him self 

10.

Why does the speaker say, “beds of Roses”?

a)

He wants to convince his lover to move, so he can give her a bed of roses

b)

He wants to show how the countryside is like a bed of roses

c)

He says that to show how he wants to give somebody roses of his love

d)

He likes a bed with roses

e)

He brings these objects into contact with the body of his “love”