Name _________________________________________
Senior English
Use the “Handbook of Literary Terms” (not the glossary) in the back of the textbook, p. 1411, to define these terms:
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Apostrophe -
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Allegory –
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Carpe Diem –
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Conceit –
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Epigram-
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Hyperbole-
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Metaphysical poetry-
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Paradox-
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Pastoral-
10. Sonnet-
11. Iamb-
12. Octave-
13. Sestet-
14. Speaker-
15. Turn-
Wyatt p. 530-531 “Whoso List to Hunt”
1. What image does the speaker use in line 8 of “Whoso List to Hunt” to show that his attempts to capture the deer have been
useless? ______________________
2. In “Whoso List to Hunt,” what image represents Anne Boleyn? _____________
3. To whom does the deer belong? _____________
4. To whom did Anne Boleyn “belong”? __________________
Spenser p. 532-534
5. “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75” can be found in Spenser’s collected sequence of sonnets called
____________________________________ which means __________________________________________.
6. What does the ice stand for in “Sonnet 30”? ____________________
7. What does the fire stand for in “Sonnet 30”? ___________________
8. What image signifies the temporary nature of mortal life in “Sonnet 75”? ___________
9. What is the woman’s attitude toward the speaker’s repeated attempts to immortalize her name in the sand in “Sonnet 75”?
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See attached photocopy.
10. How many books did Spenser plan to have in The Fairie Queen?
11. How many did he complete?
12. The combined virtues represented in the books of the Faerie Queene were supposed to characterize a ______________
____________ person.
13. Name the virtues represented in the 6 completed books of The Faerie Queene.
14. What is the verse form called that Spenser created for his masterpiece?
15. What does the word “faerie” suggests in the poem?
16. What is the last line in a Spenserian stanza called?
17. What does Una symbolize in “The Fowle Duessa”?
18. What does Duessa represent?
19. What order does Una give to her riding companion, the knight?
Marlowe & Raleigh p.293 - 297 “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”
20. Under what conditions does the nymph say she will agree to live with the shepherd? If he can make ________________ and
________________ last forever.
21. Explain why “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a pastoral poem.
22. Explain why “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” supports the theme of carpe diem.
23. During what month is the shepherd trying to woo his love to come live with him and be is love? _________
24. What is a nymph? ___________________________
25. What is the most noticeable difference in Marlowe’s poem and Sir Walter Raleigh’s reply to it?
Herrick & Marvell p. 299-304 “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” and “To His Coy Mistress”
26. What is the biggest difference in Herrick’s advice to the virgins in his poem and Marvell’s advice to his poem’s “coy mistress”?
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27. Under what condition does Marvell say he would be willing to wait for his coy mistress to give in to his passion? ______________
28. During this time period, what did the word “mistress” mean? ______________
Donne p. 336-341 “Song” and “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”
29. Who invented what became known as metaphysical poetry?
30. What did Anne Donne’s father do when he learned of his 17-year-old daughter’s marriage to John Donne?
31. Copy the lines of Donne’s shortest poem.
32. Where was Donne when he wrote this poem?
33. What was Donne’s occupation at the time of his death?
34. Explain why would it be impossible for a man to “get with child a mandrake root”? (see line 2 of “Song”)
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35. What does the word “valediction” mean? p. 340 _____________________________
36. Metaphysical conceits are especially ___________ and _______________ figures of speech that make surprising connections
between two seemingly dissimilar things. (p. 340)
37. Explain why the husband who is about to leave on a long journey is “forbidding” his wife to “mourn” in “A
Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”? __________________________________________________________________
38. To what dissimilar thing does Donne compare the married couple in lines 25-28 of the poem “A Valediction:
Forbidding Mourning”? p. 341 __________________
39 Explain how the man and his wife are like a compass? __________________________________________________________
40 Explain why this comparison fits the definition of a conceit. _______________________________________________________
Donne p.348-349 “Death Be Not Proud”
41. According to the speaker in “Death, Be Not Proud,” why doesn’t death actually kill?
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42. “Death Be Not Proud” is an example of an apostrophe. To whom is this sonnet addressed? _______________
Ben Jonson 354-356 “Song: To Celia” and “On My First Son”
43. What does Jove’s nectar in line 7 of “Song: To Celia” refer to? _____________
44. In “Song: To Celia,” What does the speaker claim is worth more than the nectar for the gods? ________________
45. In “Song: To Celia,” the speaker says he rather have a kiss from or the attention of Celia than __________________
46. What effect did Celia’s breath have on the wreathe that the speaker sent to her? __________
47. What does the name Benjamin mean? ___________________
48. Why is “On My First Son” an epigram? _____________
49. What does Jonson claim is his best piece of poetry? ________________
50. To what does the speaker compare the years of his son’s short life? _________________
51. How long did Jonson’s first son live? __________________