Questions 1-10 go with Shakespeare’s sonnet #55

1. Who or what is the speaker of this poem?
a. William Shakespeare b. a friend of the poet
c. the writer’s lover
d. a lover and a poet e. “You”

2. To whom is the poem spoken?
a. an idealized friend or lover of the speaker b. a beautiful but coy woman
c. the reader d. Queen Elizabeth I
e. the dark lady

3. Which of the following best describes the theme of the poem?
a. war is wasteful and destructive b. poetry and the memory of the person about whom this poem is written will outlast material things
c. poetry can never be a destructive force
d. memory lives on
e. a poet can overcome death

4. Which of the following best identifies the subject of Sonnet #55
a. time and war
b. the memory of the speaker’s beloved
c. the immortality of lovers
d. death and love
e. the “all-oblivious enmity”
5. All of the following are mentioned as powers of destruction in the poem EXCEPT
a. unfeeling nature b. time
c. death
d. war

6. The poet alludes to which of the following in the poem?
a. the god of war and the goddess of love
b. the apocalypse and Elizabeth
c. Judgment Day and the god of war d. the goddess of love and Judgment Day
e. the apocalypse and the goddess of love

7. What is “the living record of your memory” (line 8)?
a. poetry, specifically Sonnet #55
b. the will of Shakespeare’s beloved
c. ending doom
d. a Renaissance journal e. the beloved’s diary

8. To what does the phrase “the ending doom” in line 12 refer?
a. a deep, hidden meaning
b. this powerful poem
c. the apocalypse described in the Bible
d. the poet’s fear of death
e. war and destruction
9. What does the poet mean by “sluttish time” (line 4)?
a. time is wasteful
b. with the end of time come all kinds of horrors
c. time ruins everything eventually
d. time is an immoral woman e. time is indiscriminate and wanton when it comes to destruction

10. In the couplet the speaker argues which of the following?
a. the god of war brings doom
b. the beloved will live on in the sonnet and lovers’ eyesc. time is the ultimate destroyer
d. poetry is important
e. He will rise again on Judgment Day
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sonet 73 i just added
What is the subject of Sonnet 73?
Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 is about old age.

What is the Tone of Sonnet 73
The sonnet is pensive in tone, and although it is written to a young friend, it is wholly introspective until the final couplet
What is is Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 about?
In this poem, the speaker invokes a series of metaphors to characterize the nature of what he perceives to be his old age

what meant (that) this mean in - line 12
the poet's desires
what meant ( This) mean in in - line14
the demise of the poet's youth and passion
What is the main theme of 'Sonnet 73'?
The theme of Sonnet 73 is mortality leading to death; there is some sadness as the speaker is moving closer to death and warns the listener that he/she will perhaps love/miss them more as they will leave forever
black night ?line 7
a metaphor for death itself. As 'black night' closes in around the remaining light of the day, so too does death close in around the poet.

What is the rhyme scheme and meter of Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare?
Sonnet 73 is a typical Shakespearean sonnet. Therefore, it is written in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg. There are three quatrains that develop the theme, or action, with a concluding rhyming couplet.

In Shakespeare's Sonnet 73, in the first quatrain, the speaker acknowledges to his lover that he is growing older:

That time of year thou mayst in me behold

When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang....

To love that well (line 12)?
The meaning of this phrase and of the concluding couplet has aroused much debate. Is the poet saying that the young man now understands that he will lose his own youth and passion
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1. Who or what is the speaker of this poem? a. William Shakespeare b. a friend of the poet c. the writer’s lover d. a lover and a poet e. “You”

3. Which of the following best describes the theme of the poem? a. war is wasteful and destructive b. poetry and the memory of the person about whom this poem is written will outlast material things c. poetry can never be a destructive force d. memory lives on e. a poet can overcome death

4. Which of the following best identifies the subject of Sonnet #55 a. time and war b. the memory of the speaker’s beloved c. the immortality of lovers d. death and love e. the “all-oblivious enmity”

7. What is “the living record of your memory” (line 8)? a. poetry, specifically Sonnet #55 b. the will of Shakespeare’s beloved c. ending doom d. a Renaissance journal e. the beloved’s diary

8. To what does the phrase “the ending doom” in line 12 refer? a. a deep, hidden meaning b. this powerful poem c. the apocalypse described in the Bible d. the poet’s fear of death e. war and destruction

9. What does the poet mean by “sluttish time” (line 4)? a. time is wasteful b. with the end of time come all kinds of horrors c. time ruins everything eventually d. time is an immoral woman e. time is indiscriminate and wanton when it comes to destruction

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