I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quizzes

I Think of Thee (Sonnet 29) Quiz

1 What is this work's genre?
Haiku

Italian sonnet

English sonnet

Sestina
2 Which of the following is a focus of the poem?
Romantic love

Art

Revolution

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

To inspire

To surround

To enchant
4 What does the palm tree represent?
Escape

Labor

The speaker

The lover
5 When was this poem first published?
1850

1970

1779

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

I

Th

F
7 What is suggested by the pronoun "thee"?
That the speaker is addressing a group

That the speaker has a close relationship to the addressee

That the speaker lives in Elizabethan times

That the speaker is using a formal register
8 Why does the speaker worry about her own imagination?
She fears it will suppress the reality of her lover

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
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
A political leader

The speaker's younger self

A generic reader

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

Postcolonial

Victorian

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

Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood

And breathe within thy shadow a new air,

"About thee, as wild vines, about a tree"
12 Which is an example of metonymy?
"I am too near thee"

"And breathe within thy shadow"

"my thoughts do twine and bud"

"the straggling green"
13 In which poetry collection did this work first appear?
Sonnets from the Portuguese

Ariel

Leaves of Grass

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

Fantasy

Loss

Coming of Age
15 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Joy

Rustle

Twine

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

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

Sing

Poke or jab

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

Irrelevant

Nothing

Forbidden
19 Which of the following is most prominent in this work?
Synecdoche

Anaphora

Extended metaphor

Understatement
20 How does the speaker metaphorically represent her thoughts?
As vines

As raindrops

As wind

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

Iambic pentameter

Trochail 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?
Personification

Hyperbole

Poetic license

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

ABBA ABBA

ABAB ABAB

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

Romantic

Affectionate

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

CDCDCD

CDCDEE

DEFDEF

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