I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
Haiku

Sestina

English sonnet

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

Art

Revolution

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

To harm

To inspire

To enchant
4 What does the palm tree represent?
The speaker

The lover

Labor

Escape
5 When was this poem first published?
1779

1835

1970

1850
6 The poem's first line contains alliteration with which sound?
F

K

I

Th
7 What is suggested by the pronoun "thee"?
That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

That the speaker is using a formal register

That the speaker lives in Elizabethan times

That the speaker is addressing a group
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

A political leader

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

Postmodern

Postcolonial

Victorian
11 Which line shows assonant "ee" sounds?
I think of thee!—my thoughts do twine and bud

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

"About thee, as wild vines, about a tree"
12 Which is an example of metonymy?
"the straggling green"

"my thoughts do twine and bud"

"And breathe within thy shadow"

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

Ariel

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Leaves of Grass
14 Which is a major theme of the poem?
Coming of Age

Fantasy

Loss

Imperfection
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Twine

Joy

Thee

Rustle
16 Which of the following lines contains caesura?
Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

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

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

A type of string

Poke or jab

Wrap around
18 What is the definition of "nought"?
Nothing

Irrelevant

Forbidden

Everywhere
19 Which of the following is most prominent in this work?
Synecdoche

Extended metaphor

Anaphora

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

As wind

As leaves

As raindrops
21 Which meter does the poem use?
Dactylic trimeter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic hexameter

Trochail 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?
Hyperbole

Situational irony

Personification

Poetic license
23 What is the rhyme scheme of the work's first eight lines?
AAAA BBBB

ABAB ACAC

ABAB ABAB

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

Affectionate

Romantic

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

CDCDCD

DEFDEF

CDCDEE

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