To the Virgins, to Make the Most of TIme (Robert Herrick)

The word "ye" in line 1 refers to

• Virgins

• The speaker's friend

• all women

• the reader

• a flower

the device used in line 2 is

• anachronism

• personification

• allusion

• sensory imagery

• apostrophe

The rose-buds are

• dying

• an indication that the addressees are carefree

• a symbol of young girls' leisure time

• a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of youth and beauty

• a symbol of women's beauty

In the second stanza, the sun is characterized as

I. electric

II. male

III. a runner

• I only

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II and III

In line 12, "the former" refers to

• the worse times

• the worst times

• the first age

• the time of matrimony

• the time of birth

The word "tarry" in line 16 most likely means

• marry

• regret

• beautiful

• delay

• mourn

Alliteration is evident in which of the following lines

• line 2

• line 3

• line 4

• line 5

• line 8

In line 9, the words "best" and "first" create

• euphony

• internal rhyme

• slant rhyme

• assonance

• consonance

Where does enjambment occur in the poem?

• line 4

• line 11

• line 13

• line 14

• line 15

The poem's rhyme scheme is

• ababcdcdefefghgh

• aabbccddeeffgghh

• abab cdcd efef ghgh

• abab abab abab abab

• aba cdc efe ghg