I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
Italian sonnet

English sonnet

Sestina

Haiku
2 Which of the following is a focus of the poem?
Revolution

Art

Romantic love

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

To inspire

To harm

To enchant
4 What does the palm tree represent?
Labor

Escape

The speaker

The lover
5 When was this poem first published?
1835

1779

1850

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

I

K

Th
7 What is suggested by the pronoun "thee"?
That the speaker is using a formal register

That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

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 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

She cannot focus at work or in conversation
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker's lover

The speaker's younger self

A political leader

A generic reader
10 To which literary/historical era does this poem belong?
Postmodern

Victorian

Postcolonial

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

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

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

"I am too near thee"

"the straggling green"

"And breathe within thy shadow"
13 In which poetry collection did this work first appear?
Sonnets from the Portuguese

Complete Sonnets

Leaves of Grass

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

Imperfection

Coming of Age

Loss
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Joy

Thee

Twine

Rustle
16 Which of the following lines contains caesura?
I do not think of thee—I am too near thee.

Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare,

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

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

A type of string

Poke or jab

Sing
18 What is the definition of "nought"?
Nothing

Irrelevant

Forbidden

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

Synecdoche

Anaphora

Extended metaphor
20 How does the speaker metaphorically represent her thoughts?
As wind

As vines

As leaves

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

Trochail pentameter

Dactylic trimeter

Iambic 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?
Personification

Situational irony

Poetic license

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

AAAA BBBB

ABAB ABAB

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

Affectionate

Conflicted

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

DEFDEF

CDCDCD

CDCDEE

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