Sonnet 29 by Edna St Vincent

This poem is written in the form of a

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Sonnet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

It has a regular rhyme scheme

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The main theme in this poem is

• The destructive power of love

• Heartbreak

• The fragility of love

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The poet focuses on things changing (beauties passed away, ebbing tide goes out to sea) this reflects

• That she enjoyed writing about nature

• That love doesn't last

• That she is angered by the passing of time

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The purpose of the couplet at the end is to

• End the poem with a powerful conclusion

• To rhyme with the beginning of the sonnet

• To introduce a new theme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The example, 'wreckage gathered in gales' is in reference to

• A ship wreck on the beach

• A relationship that has ended

• The destructive nature of weather

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The example, 'the great tide that treads the shifting shore' is an example of

• A metaphor

• Personification

• Juxtaposition

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

'Pity me that the heart is slow to learn when the swift mind beholds at every turn'. A paraphrased version of this could be

• My heart didn't want to consider that this love would die and wouldn't listen to my mind

• My heart couldn't accept that love wouldn't last but my mind always knew this

• Feel sorry for me that my heart failed to learn what my mind always knew about love

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The overall tone of the poem is

• Regret

• Sadness

• Happiness

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9