Sonnet

What is a connected group of sonnets usually by a single poet called?

• Sonnet Sequence

• Ballad Stanza

• Hardy Stanza

• Spenserian Stanza

Which line from the passage most strongly supports the theme of the sonnet?

• “Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments.”

• “O no; it is an ever-fixed mark, / That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;”

• “Love’s not Time’s fool,”

• “If this be error and upon me proved, / I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”

What is the correct rhyme scheme for Sonnet 116?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABBAABBA CDECDE

• ABABBCBCCDCDEE 

• ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

When Shakespeare compares love to:
"it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is a star to every wandering bark,"
What type of comparison is Shakespeare using?

• simile

• metaphor

In this sonnet Shakespeare:

• explains what true love is and explains what it is not.

• explains the problem with true love and how to fix it.

• explains the problem with not finding true love and explains how to find it.

• explains how he actually has never written anything and no one has ever really been in love.

According to this sonnet Shakespeare does not believe true love exists.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a main message of the sonnet...

• Constancy

• Death

• Devotion

• True love

Which of the following selections best explains the passage below (lines 9-12)? Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. Answer choices for the above question

• Lovers cannot fool time, because everyone dies eventually.

• True love remains steady as time passes.

• As time passes, the beauty of young lovers fades.

• True love is temporary.

The last two lines of this sonnet:

• explain the solution to the problem in the sonnet

• dare the reader to prove Shakespeare wrong.

Extended Response: Considering the sonnet as a whole, what is the speaker’s message about love? Your response must include one specific selection of evidence (quotation)  from the text. Analysis should be several sentences. 

Sentence 1: Include the author’s full name, title, and theme/message about love

Sentence 2: The text states, “Write down the quote” (Shakespeare line #).

Sentence 3: Explain how your quote shows the theme you chose about love

Sentence 4: Conclude your paragraph by restating your topic sentence with different words.