I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
Haiku

Sestina

English sonnet

Italian sonnet
2 Which of the following is a focus of the poem?
Parenthood

Art

Romantic love

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

To inspire

To enchant

To harm
4 What does the palm tree represent?
Escape

The lover

The speaker

Labor
5 When was this poem first published?
1850

1779

1970

1835
6 The poem's first line contains alliteration with which sound?
I

F

K

Th
7 What is suggested by the pronoun "thee"?
That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

That the speaker lives in Elizabethan times

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 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
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker's younger self

A political leader

A generic reader

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

Victorian

Baroque

Postcolonial
11 Which line shows assonant "ee" sounds?
And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

"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
12 Which is an example of metonymy?
"the straggling green"

"And breathe within thy shadow"

"I am too near thee"

"my thoughts do twine and bud"
13 In which poetry collection did this work first appear?
Sonnets from the Portuguese

Leaves of Grass

Ariel

Complete Sonnets
14 Which is a major theme of the poem?
Coming of Age

Fantasy

Imperfection

Loss
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Rustle

Twine

Thee

Joy
16 Which of the following lines contains caesura?
I will not have my thoughts instead of thee

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.
17 Define the word "twine" as it appears in this work
A type of string

Poke or jab

Sing

Wrap around
18 What is the definition of "nought"?
Everywhere

Forbidden

Irrelevant

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

Synecdoche

Understatement

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

As raindrops

As leaves

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

Trochail pentameter

Iambic 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?
Hyperbole

Situational irony

Personification

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

ABBA ABBA

AAAA BBBB

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

Irritated

Affectionate

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

CDECDE

DEFDEF

CDCDCD

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