I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

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1 What is this work's genre?

Sestina

Haiku

English sonnet

Italian sonnet
2 Which of the following is a focus of the poem?

Revolution

Romantic love

Parenthood

Art
3 What is the definition of the word "insphere"?

To surround

To inspire

To harm

To enchant
4 What does the palm tree represent?

The lover

The speaker

Escape

Labor
5 When was this poem first published?

1970

1850

1779

1835
6 The poem's first line contains alliteration with which sound?

I

K

Th

F
7 What is suggested by the pronoun "thee"?

That the speaker lives in Elizabethan times

That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

That the speaker is using a formal register

That the speaker is addressing a group
8 Why does the speaker worry about her own imagination?

She believes she will be punished for imagined transgressions

She fears it will suppress the reality of her lover

She thinks her imagination is dull and boring

She cannot focus at work or in conversation
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

A generic reader

The speaker's younger self

A political leader

The speaker's lover
10 To which literary/historical era does this poem belong?

Postcolonial

Postmodern

Victorian

Baroque
11 Which line shows assonant "ee" sounds?

"About thee, as wild vines, about a tree"

I think of thee!—my thoughts do twine and bud

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,
12 Which is an example of metonymy?

"the straggling green"

"I am too near thee"

"my thoughts do twine and bud"

"And breathe within thy shadow"
13 In which poetry collection did this work first appear?

Leaves of Grass

Complete Sonnets

Ariel

Sonnets from the Portuguese
14 Which is a major theme of the poem?

Loss

Imperfection

Fantasy

Coming of Age
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?

Rustle

Thee

Twine

Joy
16 Which of the following lines contains caesura?

I do not think of thee—I am too near thee.

Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,
17 Define the word "twine" as it appears in this work

A type of string

Wrap around

Sing

Poke or jab
18 What is the definition of "nought"?

Everywhere

Irrelevant

Forbidden

Nothing
19 Which of the following is most prominent in this work?

Extended metaphor

Anaphora

Understatement

Synecdoche
20 How does the speaker metaphorically represent her thoughts?

As vines

As raindrops

As leaves

As wind
21 Which meter does the poem use?

Dactylic trimeter

Trochail pentameter

Iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter
22 The speaker uses her imagination to try to feel close to the addressee, but in the end it makes her feel further away. This is an example of what?

Poetic license

Hyperbole

Situational irony

Personification
23 What is the rhyme scheme of the work's first eight lines?

ABAB ACAC

ABBA ABBA

AAAA BBBB

ABAB ABAB
24 Which does NOT describe the poem's tone?

Irritated

Romantic

Affectionate

Conflicted
25 What is the rhyme scheme of the work's final six lines?

CDECDE

DEFDEF

CDCDCD

CDCDEE

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