Which of the following lines from "To His Coy Mistress" best expresses the carpe diem theme?
Thus, though we cannot make our sun/ stand still, yet we will make him run
In "To His Coy Mistress" to what does Marvell allude in the line "Time's winged chariot hurrying near"?
The approach of death
In "To His Coy Mistress" the lines "the graves a fine and private place, / but none I think do there embrace" are an expression of which attitude towards death?
Acceptance of deaths inevitability but disbelief in any comfort of eternal life
At times, the speaker in "To His Coy Mistress" displays tongue-in-cheek humor. Which of these lines best shows that humor?
the graves a fine and private place, / but none I think do there embrace
Hidden quatrains, such as this in "To His Coy Mistress" are...
Two couplets joined by one idea, word picture, or comparison
Which of the following lines from "To The Virgins, to Make Much of Time" best expresses the carpe diem theme?
Then be not coy, but use your time...
The rosebuds in the first line of "To The Virgins, to Make Much of Time" are a symbol of...
The joys of youth
What does the flower symbolize in "To The Virgins, to Make of Time"?
The length of human life
Which word from "To The Virgins, to Make of Time" symbolizes passion and energy?
Blood
What is the theme of Sir John Suckling's "Song"?
Don't waste your time on a requited love
In the poem "Song" the attitude of the speaker toward his subject can be best described as...
Mildly rebuking
Which of the following lines from "Song" is the best expression of the carpe diem theme?
Quit, quit for shame; this will not move, / this cannot take her
Which word best describes the line "if of herself she will not love, / nothing can make her. / the devil take her!" from the poem "Song"?
Impatience
The root word prime comes from a Latin word meaning...
First in importance or first in time
Which phrase has nearly the same meaning as amorous?
Full of love
Which of the following words means the opposite of wan?
Strong
What is the theme of "On My First Son"?
The death of a child
What is the speaker expressing when he says "...for why / will man lament the state he should envy? / to have so soon escaped world's, and flesh's rage, / and, if no other misery, yet age?
Confusion and anger about the value of life
In "On My First Son" what is the "best piece of poetry" referred to in the lines "...say here doth lie / Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry"?
Jonson's son
An epigram is characterized by...
Permanence, brevity, clarity, and wit
Which of the following epitaphs can be considered epigrammatic?
Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry
The theme of "Song: To Celia" is the...
Sensuous pleasures of love
Jonson's probable purpose in writing "Song: To Celia" was to...
Depict an amorous courtship
Which of the following best describes the speaker's view of Celia in "Song: To Celia"?
Idealistic
Which of the following is true of all epigrams?
They contain a hidden truth
What is the speaker saying when he says "Or leave a kiss but in the cup, / And I'll not look for wine. / the thirst that from the south doth rise, / doth ask a drink divine: / but might I of Jove's nectar sup, / I would not change for thine."?
He would not trade the kiss his lady left in the cup for the nectar of Jove.
The thirst that the speaker refers to in the passage "the thirst that from the soul doth rise," is...
His desire for his lady's love
What is the speaker saying in the excerpt "I sent thee a rosy wreath, / not so much honoring thee, / as giving it a hope, that there / it could not be withered be. / but thou thereon did'st only breathe, / and sent'st it back to me; / since when it grows
He thinks the wreath has acquired some of his lady's characteristics.
What can you hypothesize about the speaker in "Song: To Celia"?
He unrealistically idealizes his lady.
What might you hypothesize about the speaker in the excerpt "still to be powdered, still perfumed; / lady, it is to be presumed, / though art's hid causes are not found / all is not sweet, all is not sound."?
He probably prefers a more natural appearance
Still to Be Neat" can be considered epigrammatic because it...
Expresses an idea in a memorable fashion
What is the message of "Holy Sonnet 10"?
Death can never triumph because faith grants eternal life.
Holy Sonnet 10" can be considered a metaphysical conceit because...
An idea is debated by likening it to an arrogant but finally powerless tyrant.
Why is the seemingly contradictory phrase "death, thou shalt die" actually true within the context of "Holy Sonnet 10?
After death, a Christian awakes to eternal life.
Which of the following pairs are the subjects of John Donne's "Song"?
Love and death
In "Song" the lines "yesternight the sun went hence, / and yet is here today" are an example of...
A paradox
Which of the following is the best interpretation of "when thou weep'st, unkindly kind, / my life's blood doth decay." from "Song"?
You cry because you like you love me, but your tears make me suffer.
Which of the following excerpts from "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is the best example of a metaphysical conceit?
If they be two, they are two so / as stiff twin compasses are two; / thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show / to move, but doth, if th'other do.
In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" what do you recognize to be the speakers motivation in the lines "our two souls therefore, which are one, / though I must go, endure not yet / s breach, but an expansion"?
To assure his beloved that the distance will make their love grow.
What can you infer about the speaker's situation from these final lines, "thy firmness makes my circle just, / and makes me end where I begun" from "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?
The speaker and his lover are bound, though they may be apart.
In "Meditation 17", God is presented as being analogous to...
A publisher
Which of the following excerpts from "Meditation 17" expresses the major theme of the poem?
Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind...
In "Meditation 17" what is meant by the statement "when one man dies, one chapter is. It torn out of the book, but translated into a better language..."?
When we die, we do not cease to exist but achieve eternal life.
What conclusion can you draw about the speakers motive for writing "Meditation 17"?
The speaker wants to convey the importance of suffering and death in the spiritual experience.
According to the argument Donne puts forth in "Meditation 17", how can one be affected by another's death?
Hunan beings are necessarily involved with one another.