I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
Sestina

Haiku

Italian sonnet

English sonnet
2 Which of the following is a focus of the poem?
Romantic love

Revolution

Parenthood

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

To harm

To inspire

To enchant
4 What does the palm tree represent?
Labor

The speaker

The lover

Escape
5 When was this poem first published?
1970

1835

1850

1779
6 The poem's first line contains alliteration with which sound?
Th

F

I

K
7 What is suggested by the pronoun "thee"?
That the speaker is addressing a group

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
8 Why does the speaker worry about her own imagination?
She cannot focus at work or in conversation

She thinks her imagination is dull and boring

She believes she will be punished for imagined transgressions

She fears it will suppress the reality of her lover
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker's lover

A generic reader

The speaker's younger self

A political leader
10 To which literary/historical era does this poem belong?
Postcolonial

Baroque

Victorian

Postmodern
11 Which line shows assonant "ee" sounds?
Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

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

I think of thee!—my thoughts do twine and bud
12 Which is an example of metonymy?
"the straggling green"

"And breathe within thy shadow"

"I am too near thee"

"my thoughts do twine and bud"
13 In which poetry collection did this work first appear?
Leaves of Grass

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Ariel

Complete Sonnets
14 Which is a major theme of the poem?
Coming of Age

Imperfection

Fantasy

Loss
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Twine

Joy

Thee

Rustle
16 Which of the following lines contains caesura?
I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

I do not think of thee—I am too near thee.
17 Define the word "twine" as it appears in this work
Wrap around

Sing

A type of string

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

Forbidden

Everywhere

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

Anaphora

Synecdoche

Understatement
20 How does the speaker metaphorically represent her thoughts?
As raindrops

As vines

As leaves

As wind
21 Which meter does the poem use?
Iambic pentameter

Trochail pentameter

Iambic hexameter

Dactylic trimeter
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?
Situational irony

Poetic license

Personification

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

ABBA ABBA

ABAB ACAC

AAAA BBBB
24 Which does NOT describe the poem's tone?
Irritated

Conflicted

Romantic

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

CDCDCD

DEFDEF

CDECDE

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