1. Who is the speaker in “Whoso List to Hunt” referring to when he says, “Who list her hunt?”
Deer hunters.
2. What does the author mean in “Whoso List to Hunt” when he states the hunters “may spend his time in vain?”
They are wasting their time.
3. Find the line in the poem that most clearly helps you to infer the speaker’s mood in “Whoso List to Hunt.”
Weary and sore
4. According to the speaker, what effect does fire have on ice in “Sonnet 30?”
It just makes her heard become colder, not warmer
5. How does the speaker describe love in “Sonnet 30?”
It’s difficult and unpredictable.
6. How would you best paraphrase the lines “And ice which is congealed with senseless cold,/ Should kindle fire by wonderful device?”
He wishes to break her coldness (refusal)
7. Who is the speaker in “Sonnet 30?”
A man who is trying hard to get a woman but the harder he tries, the further he pushes her away.
8. The contrasting images of fire and ice help us infer that the relationship between the man and woman in “Sonnet 30” was:
Contrasting and difficult.
9. In “Sonnet 75,” the woman’s first reaction is that:
She is mere human and will disappear like the name in the sand
10. In "Sonnet 75," the speaker compares the decay and anonymity of death to:
She compares her life to the name in the sand
11. The tone of the final lines of “Sonnet 75” is:
Optimistic
12. Who are the two speakers in “Sonnet 75?”
A poet man who loves a woman yet the woman is more realistic and says she will die eventually
13. The three poems stated above state what about love?
It is strong in one’s heart but the other may not love back so love is painful.

14. In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the shepherd offers the charms of:
Referring the woman to beauty of the land
15. The shepherd’s plea might have been accepted by a woman who:
Loves the country too and isn’t so realistic
16. State a line from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” that gives you a clue that it is a pastoral poem.
“How beautiful valleys, hills, woods and rivers.”
17. The speaker in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” regards the shepherd’s promised pleasures as being:
Painting a realistic view of the effect of time and love
18. Based on “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” Sir Walter Raleigh’s view on rural living could be called:
Antipastoral
19. How would you paraphrase the line “Had joys no date, nor age no need?”
He had joys with a clear conscience so no worries about time or age.
20. State two words that could be used to describe Marlowe’s and Raleigh’s different viewpoints in these poems.
Romantic or realistic
21. The speaker in “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” uses the setting of the sun to emphasize:
Heaven is always there reminding us about death
22. What is the speaker implying in the lines “And this same flower that smiles today,/ Tomorrow will be dying?”
Everyone dies sooner or later and no one knows when they will die so live now.
23. In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” the line “That age is best which is the first” means:
The best times of your life is when you are younger
24. What warnings does Herrick give to young women if they fail to “seize the day?”
If you don’t marry now, you won’t ever
25. The speaker in “to His Coy Mistress” is a man who is:
Wanting a girl but she doesn’t’ want him so he tells her that they shouldn’t wait.
26. In “To His Coy Mistress” the speaker says that he would wait patiently for the woman he addresses if:
They had more time, unfortunately, they don’t so they should get together now.
27. Give an example of an image from “To His Coy Mistress” that best emphasizes the speaker’s sense of urgency.

28. Paraphrase the line “The grave’s a fine and private place, / But none, I think, do there embrace.”
You cannot love when you are dead
29. Both Herrick and Marvell urge young women to:
Hook up with them while they can.
30. What is the tone of the two poems stated above?
Carefree, seducing
31. How would you best summarize the idea of carpe diem in the two poems?
Live your life now because maybe tomorrow you won’t be able to.
32. The speaker in “Song” seems to think that finding a sincere woman is:
Impossible
33. In the first stanza of “Song,” what does the speaker instruct the reader to do?
Give up cause a faithful woman doesn’t exist.
34. Why is the speaker in “Song” wary of meeting an honest woman in the last stanza?
Because she will have already cheated on him by the time he goes to meet her.
35. What fact about Donne’s life seems to fit best with the fact that he wrote “Song?”
He had planned to marry but then went to jail for it.
36. The tone of “Song” could be described as:
Bitter
37. State the line(s) that best convey the main idea of “Song.”
Nowhere lives a woman true and fair.
38. In “Valediction” the lovers’ souls are said to resemble gold in that they:
Do not break but rather stretch and smooth out.
39. What does the title “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” mean?
Though they will be apart, mourning is not needed because their love is true and strong.
40. In “A Valediction” Donne compares his parting from his beloved with an image of silent Melthing rather than loud crying.

41. In lines 7-8 in “A Valediction”, the words “’Twere profanation of our joys/ To tell the laity our love,” mean:
We cannot tell others about our joyous love because they never experienced it and cannot love.
42. What phrase does the speaker use to describe the opposite of his and his wife’s love?
Common love cry and make noise when separated while theirs quietly melt together. Or Common love is just physical while their souls are one and no senses are needed
43. According to the speaker, absence from one’s beloved is easiest to bear when:
When it is true love.
44. An example of metaphysical conceit in this poem is:
Two people’s love compared to compass by saying they are interconnected and fused together.
45. In “Meditation 17,” the phrase “No man is an island” means that:
We are together as a continent and no man is alone.
46. In “Meditation 17,” the phrase “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee” means that:
It reminds people that they are going to die themselves.
47. What is the main idea in “Meditation 17?”
Humanity is interconnected and we feel for each other.
48. The tone of “Meditation 17” is:
Somber, solemn
49. What is an example of onomatopoeia from “Meditation 17?”
The bell tolling
50. According to the speaker in “Death be not proud,” how will Death die?
Death is only in us for a few minutes and then he is useless thus Death “dies”
51. Paraphrase the line “And soonest our best men with thee do go.”
The best people always seem to die.
52. What is the theme of “Death be not proud?” Death shouldn’t be proud because his works lead up to nothing and
he is just a slave to people killing themselves. He is nothing to be afraid of, and in all of this, Death dies.

Melodious
Virtuous
Contemplation
Advance
Reckon
Dreadful
Embroidered
Endure
Desperate
Fragrant
Diminish
Affliction
53. Before installing new carpet, you must _reckon_ how much you will need.
Folly
Tribulation
Pilgrimage
54. Gabriel’s folly earned him detention.
55. My grandma embroidered a pillow with a garden scene.
56. Donne believes contemplation brings humans closer to God.
57. The religious pilgrimage was long and arduous, but the participants’ faith helped them endure the hardships.
58. The opposite of wicked is virtuous.
59. Ringing church bells triggers Donne’s affliction of his own mortality.
60. The speaker’s melodious voice was a pleasure to hear.
61. Donne believes that trials and tribulation can benefit a person.
62. The fragrant roses filled the room with their scent.
63. As the game went into triple overtime, fans found the suspense hard to endure.
64. Senator Marshal proposed to advance new legislation allocating more funds to education.
65. The grief arising from death does not necessarily diminish over time for Donne.
66. Donne does not believe that death is dreadful because he believes in life after death.
67. She was desperate for a date to King of Hearts, so she took her ex.