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WorksheetsRenaissance Poetry Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
All of the following elements are characteristic of a sonnet except:
It is a lyric poem
It has fourteen lines
It is written in free verse
Its meter is iambic pentameter
What is another name for the Petrarchan sonnet?
the Italian sonnet
the Elizabethan sonnet
the English sonnet
the Octavian sonnet
The Shakespearean sonnet consists of:
one octave and one sestet
three quatrains and a couplet
Two tercets and one cinquain
one sestet and four couplets
Which of the following is the rhyme scheme of an Elizabethan sonnet?
abba, abba, cde, cde
abba, cdd, abba, eff, ffe
abba, cddc, abba, cddc, eff
abab cdcd efef gg
Common subjects of carpe diem poetry are:
faith and religion
heroes and adventures
fame and fortune
love and death
From reading the included Shakespearean sonnets, one can conclude that Shakespeare's idea of love involves the premise that
true love ends when circumstances require that it do so
people must be close in age to be truly in love
real love brings a person money, fame, and respect
true love is indifferent to wealth, beauty, age and circumstance
In Sonnet 29, the first twelve lines emphasize the speaker’s
jealousy
feelings of love
self-pity
sense of hope
The passage "Love's not Time's fool" in Sonnet 116 suggests that love
is not deluded by material wealth
cannot last forever
endures the decline of youth
is strongest when people are young
Before the final couplet, the speaker in Sonnet 130 seems to be
praising his mistress
criticizing his mistress
criticizing society
fooled by his mistress’ beauty
The speaker in "To the Virgins, to Make much of Time" uses the setting of the sun to emphasize
his love
a religious faith
respect for the elderly
the brevity of life
With which of the following uses of time would Herrick most likely agree?
making sacrifices for the future
searching for love
living a quiet, contemplative life
seeking wealth and fame
The speaker in “To His Coy Mistress” used the lines “. . .While thy willing soul transpires/At every pore with instant fires” to describe the time when his mistress is
upset and in tears
young and passionate
still unattached
close to the end of her life
In “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” which of the following best summarizes the speaker and his love’s relationship:
“an expansion, like gold to airy thinness beat”
“dull sublunary lovers’ love”
‘twere profanation of our joys to tell the laity our love
“the breach goes now and some say no”
The metaphysical conceit in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is the
comparison of two lovers to a compass
description of an earthquake
contrast of two kinds of love
souls of “virtuous men”
And to brave clearness all things are reduc’d” best means:
in early stages of love, people don’t really know each other
love can be explained in simple terms
true love doesn’t require over the top gestures
love is best shown when people are honest with each other
A turn or shift can best be described as
the change of mood that occurs in a sonnet
the first quatrain in a Shakespearean sonnet
a conceit in a Petrarchan sonnet
the main idea that is expressed in the first twelve lines of a sonnet.
In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the shepherd offers the enticement of
monetary wealth
enduring love
the rustic pleasures of the countryside
the likelihood of a long life.
The speaker in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” regards the shepherd’s promises as being
realistic
temporary
inadequate
perfect
The speaker in “To the Virgins, to Make much of Time” uses the setting of the sun to emphasize
his love
a religious faith
respect for the elderly
the brevity of life
Metaphysical poets such as John Donne liked to base their poetry on
complex and witty arguments
long descriptions of nature
the musical forms of the times
human emotions presented and expressed in a simple and honest way
