I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
Haiku

English sonnet

Italian sonnet

Sestina
2 Which of the following is a focus of the poem?
Art

Revolution

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?
The lover

Labor

The speaker

Escape
5 When was this poem first published?
1779

1850

1835

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

Th

F

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

That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

That the speaker is addressing a group

That the speaker is using a formal register
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

The speaker's younger self

A political leader

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

Victorian

Postmodern

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

"About thee, as wild vines, about a tree"

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,
12 Which is an example of metonymy?
"I am too near thee"

"the straggling green"

"And breathe within thy shadow"

"my thoughts do twine and bud"
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?
Fantasy

Coming of Age

Loss

Imperfection
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Rustle

Joy

Thee

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

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

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

I will not have my thoughts instead of thee
17 Define the word "twine" as it appears in this work
A type of string

Poke or jab

Wrap around

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

Forbidden

Everywhere

Nothing
19 Which of the following is most prominent in this work?
Synecdoche

Understatement

Anaphora

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

As leaves

As vines

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

Trochail pentameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic hexameter
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?
Situational irony

Personification

Poetic license

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

AAAA BBBB

ABBA ABBA

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

Irritated

Affectionate

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

DEFDEF

CDCDCD

CDCDEE

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