Sir Thomas Wyatt: Poems Quizzes

Sir Thomas Wyatt: Poems Quiz 1

1 What meter is used in 'They Flee From Me' ?
tetra major

quatrain

trochee

iambic pentameter
2 What rhyme scheme is used in 'They Flee From Me'?
rime royal

AAAABBBBCCCC

sonnet

couplets
3 How did the lover appear in 'They Flee From Me'?
with naked foot stalking

with tired eyes sleeping

with angry words shouting

with all guns blazing
4 Who does the poet in 'They Flee From Me' thank for the past?
God

his lover

Fortune

Henry VIII
5 What fell from the lover's shoulders in 'They Flee From Thee'?
her golden hair

a golden cape

a loose gown

precious jewels
6 In 'They Flee From Me', what did the woman 'take' at the hand of the narrator?
criticism

jewels

bread

wine
7 In 'They Flee From Me', what does she say after kissing the narrator?
please leave me!

how like you this?

I am forsaken!

marry me?
8 In 'They Flee from Me', what is it the lady now busily seeks?
jewels

land

continual change

a husband
9 The poetic form of 'They Flee From Me' is
blank verse

a lyric

a limerick

a sonnet
10 The lover in 'They Flee from Me' was once
gentle, tame and meek

tall, dark and handsome

wild, gay and passionate

tired and emotional
11 In 'Whoso List to Hunt?', what is the quarry?
a pheasant

a swan

a pig

a hind
12 How successful has the poet's quest been in 'Whoso List to Hunt?'
pointless nonesense

a vain travail

many trophies

several prizes
13 What phrase does the poet use in 'Whoso List to Hunt?' to describe his fruitless search?
catching wind in a net

shooting fish in a barrel

more fish in the sea

blowing the wind in the willows
14 In 'Whoso List to Hunt?', what jewels are in the collar of the hind?
cat's eyes

rubies

diamonds

pearls
15 In 'Whoso List to Hunt?', the hind's collar is engraved with the phrase 'Noli me tangere' which means
hunt me not

shoot me not

marry me

touch me not
16 In 'Whoso List to Hunt?', to whom does the quarry belong?
nature

Heaven

God

Caesar
17 In 'A Renouncing of Love', what does Wyatt personify in the first line?
Health

Law

Fate

Love
18 In 'A Renouncing of Love', with what has the narrator been caught before?
cupid's arrow

another woman

baited hooks

a net
19 In 'A Renouncing of Love', where does the narrator turn for comfort?
wine and song

Petrarch and Chaucer

hunting and fishing

Seneca and Plato
20 What will the narrator's new interests in 'A Renouncing of Love' lead to?
total destruction

perfect peace

perfect wealth

abject misery
21 In 'A Renouncing of Love', Love is told to seek out
death

a new victim

the lonely

younger hearts
22 What weapon is referred to in the poem, 'A Renouncing of Love' ?
guns

swords

darts

drugs
23 In 'A Renouncing of Love', what has the poet resolved to no longer climb?
rotten branches

invisible mountains

frozen waterfalls

golden ladders
24 What type of verse is 'Forget Not Yet?'
haiku

sonnet

rime royal

song
25 What instrument is the narrator using in 'Forget Not Yet'?
pipe

lyre

drum

lute

Farewell Love

metaphor: Thy baited hooks shall tangle me no more.

allusion: Senec and Plato call me from thy lore.

Alliteration: since liberty is lever.

Asked by Sodiq O #1329374

Answered by Aslan on 12/1/2023 1:00 AM

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What is the metaphor of the poem (forget not yet )?

I see personification and Personification is a type of metaphor in which a non-human object is given human characteristics.

My great travail so gladly spent,

The weary life ye know, since whan

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my lute awake

I think the poem is about courtly love but rejection of that love. The first five lines express the futility of the song in that the effort of the narrator and his lute will be in vain; his song will not win her back and he has given up the...

Asked by nathasha s #1296182

Answered by Aslan on 3/18/2023 10:38 PM

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