I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
English sonnet

Sestina

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?
The speaker

Escape

Labor

The lover
5 When was this poem first published?
1850

1835

1779

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

F

I

Th
7 What is suggested by the pronoun "thee"?
That the speaker lives in Elizabethan times

That the speaker is using a formal register

That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

That the speaker is addressing a group
8 Why does the speaker worry about her own imagination?
She believes she will be punished for imagined transgressions

She cannot focus at work or in conversation

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?
The speaker's younger self

A generic reader

A political leader

The speaker's lover
10 To which literary/historical era does this poem belong?
Postcolonial

Victorian

Postmodern

Baroque
11 Which line shows assonant "ee" sounds?
"About thee, as wild vines, about a tree"

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

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,
12 Which is an example of metonymy?
"my thoughts do twine and bud"

"the straggling green"

"And breathe within thy shadow"

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

Leaves of Grass

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Ariel
14 Which is a major theme of the poem?
Imperfection

Coming of Age

Fantasy

Loss
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Joy

Rustle

Thee

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

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

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee
17 Define the word "twine" as it appears in this work
Poke or jab

Wrap around

A type of string

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

Everywhere

Nothing

Irrelevant
19 Which of the following is most prominent in this work?
Understatement

Extended metaphor

Synecdoche

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

As raindrops

As leaves

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

Iambic pentameter

Trochail pentameter

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?
Personification

Poetic license

Situational irony

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

AAAA BBBB

ABBA ABBA

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

Conflicted

Affectionate

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

CDCDEE

CDCDCD

CDECDE

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