Sonnet 43

How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet have?

• 8

• 12

• 14

• 16

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is...

• regular

• irregular

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Where is the theme of a Shakespearean sonnet summarized?

• Lines 1-2

• Lines 13-14 (the couplet)

• the first stanza

• the second stanza

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet

• abab ccdd efef gg

• aabb ccdd eeff gg

• aabb ccdd eeff aa

• abab cdcd efef gg

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which type of figurative language is used in the lines below?

But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee.

[...] when dreams do show thee me.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which type of figurative language is used in the lines below?

And darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.

When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so!

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which type of figurative language is used in the lines below?

All days are nights to see till I see thee,

And nights bright days [...]

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

In line 7, the poem reads "To the clear day with thy much clearer light."

The poet is using light to symbolize the woman's...

• beauty

• caring personality

• old age

• cruel personality

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which word is a synonym for the word sightless?

Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!

• awake

• open

• bright

• closed

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4