I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
Sestina

English sonnet

Haiku

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

Romantic love

Parenthood

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

To enchant

To inspire

To harm
4 What does the palm tree represent?
Escape

Labor

The speaker

The lover
5 When was this poem first published?
1835

1850

1779

1970
6 The poem's first line contains alliteration with which sound?
Th

K

I

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

That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

That the speaker lives in Elizabethan times

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 believes she will be punished for imagined transgressions

She thinks her imagination is dull and boring

She fears it will suppress the reality of her lover
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
A generic reader

The speaker's younger self

The speaker's lover

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

Baroque

Postcolonial

Victorian
11 Which line shows assonant "ee" sounds?
And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

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

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

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood
12 Which is an example of metonymy?
"my thoughts do twine and bud"

"And breathe within thy shadow"

"the straggling green"

"I am too near thee"
13 In which poetry collection did this work first appear?
Ariel

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Leaves of Grass

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

Fantasy

Imperfection

Loss
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Joy

Rustle

Thee

Twine
16 Which of the following lines contains caesura?
And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

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

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,
17 Define the word "twine" as it appears in this work
A type of string

Poke or jab

Wrap around

Sing
18 What is the definition of "nought"?
Irrelevant

Everywhere

Forbidden

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

Anaphora

Extended metaphor

Synecdoche
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?
Hyperbole

Poetic license

Personification

Situational irony
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?
Affectionate

Romantic

Irritated

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

CDECDE

CDCDEE

CDCDCD

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