Sir Thomas Wyatt: Poems Quizzes

Sir Thomas Wyatt: Poems Quiz 1

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

quatrain

iambic pentameter

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

sonnet

AAAABBBBCCCC

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?
Fortune

his lover

Henry VIII

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

a loose gown

a golden cape

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

bread

wine

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

I am forsaken!

marry me?

how like you this?
8 In 'They Flee from Me', what is it the lady now busily seeks?
a husband

land

jewels

continual change
9 The poetic form of 'They Flee From Me' is
blank verse

a sonnet

a lyric

a limerick
10 The lover in 'They Flee from Me' was once
tall, dark and handsome

gentle, tame and meek

tired and emotional

wild, gay and passionate
11 In 'Whoso List to Hunt?', what is the quarry?
a pheasant

a pig

a swan

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

a vain travail

several prizes

many trophies
13 What phrase does the poet use in 'Whoso List to Hunt?' to describe his fruitless search?
blowing the wind in the willows

more fish in the sea

catching wind in a net

shooting fish in a barrel
14 In 'Whoso List to Hunt?', what jewels are in the collar of the hind?
diamonds

pearls

cat's eyes

rubies
15 In 'Whoso List to Hunt?', the hind's collar is engraved with the phrase 'Noli me tangere' which means
marry me

touch me not

hunt me not

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

God

Caesar

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

Love

Health

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

baited hooks

a net

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

Seneca and Plato

Petrarch and Chaucer

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

abject misery

perfect peace

perfect wealth
21 In 'A Renouncing of Love', Love is told to seek out
a new victim

death

younger hearts

the lonely
22 What weapon is referred to in the poem, 'A Renouncing of Love' ?
darts

guns

drugs

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

frozen waterfalls

invisible mountains

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

rime royal

song

sonnet
25 What instrument is the narrator using in 'Forget Not Yet'?
lyre

pipe

lute

drum

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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