Renaissance Poetry Review
1. Who is the speaker in “Whoso List to Hunt” referring to when he says, “Who list her hunt?”
a. The woman he loves
2. What does the author mean in “Whoso List to Hunt” when he states the hunters “may spend his time in vain?”
a. The author means he is in the hunt for his love, there is another guy searching for the same women.
3. Find the line in the poem that most clearly helps you to infer the speaker’s mood in “Whoso List to Hunt.”
a. “As well as I, may spend his time in vein”
b. He’s weary of “hunting” her
4. According to the speaker, what effect does fire have on ice in “Sonnet 30?”
a. Instead of melting ice, the fire made the ice even colder.
5. How does the speaker describe love in “Sonnet 30?”
a. The man is in love with the women and she does not feel the same.
6. How would you best paraphrase the lines “And ice which is congealed with senseless cold, / should kindle fire by
wonderful device?”
a. A cold senseless woman keeps the passion for which a man has for which a man has for her going; by
her wonderful advice.
7. Who is the speaker in “Sonnet 30?”
a. A man is in love with women that doesn’t love him.
8. The contrasting images of fire and ice help us infer that the relationship between the man and woman in
“Sonnet 30” was:
a. Their relationship was not very strong. You can tell that the Man is more in love with the women then
the women is in love with the man.
9. In “Sonnet 75,” the woman’s first reaction is that:
a. The man is wasting his time, why is he trying to immortalize the women he loves.
10. In "Sonnet 75," the speaker compares the decay and anonymity of death to:
a. Comparing death to being mortal.
11. The tone of the final lines of “Sonnet 75” is:
a. happy
12. Who are the two speakers in “Sonnet 75?”
a. The man and women that were on the beach.
13. The three poems stated above state what about love?
a. Love is one sided, you may love someone and the other will not always feel the same.
14. In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the shepherd offers the charms of:
a. He is offering his love and many adventures
15. The shepherd’s plea might have been accepted by a woman who:
a. `A women who wasn’t a realist (someone who isn’t taken by the thoughts of adventures)
16. State a line from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” that gives you a clue that it is a pastoral poem.
a. “That valleys, grooves, hills, and fields, woods, steepy mountains yelids.”
17. The speaker in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” regards the shepherd’s promised pleasures as being:
a. The Sheppard did not think through the idea very well, because in reality the beautiful woods will
change to winter.
18. Based on “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” Sir Walter Raleigh’s view on rural living could be called:
a. His view on rural living is negative; he does not say any good thoughts about rural living.
19. How would you paraphrase the line “Had joys no date, nor age no need?”
a. If we didn’t have any real needs
20. State two words that could be used to describe Marlowe’s and Raleigh’s different viewpoints in these poems.
a. Fantasy and reality
21. The speaker in “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” uses the setting of the sun to emphasize:
a. Women should marry quickly because they don’t have forever.
22. What is the speaker implying in the lines “And this same flower that smiles today, / tomorrow will be dying?”
a. All your emotions are changeable and you cannot stop time.
23. In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” the line “That age is best which is the first” means:
a. The younger the better.
24. What warnings does Herrick give to young women if they fail to “seize the day?”
a. If they waste their time, time will still go on and they will get older.
25. The speaker in “to His Coy Mistress” is a man who is:
a. Loves women that tolerates him, but will not be with him.
26. In “To His Coy Mistress” the speaker says that he would wait patiently for the woman he addresses if:
a. ?
27. Give an example of an image from “To His Coy Mistress” that best emphasizes the speaker’s sense of urgency.
a. Then worms shall try that long –preserved virginity.
28. Paraphrase the line “The grave’s a fine and private place, / But none, I think, do there embrace.”
a. The grave is fine and a private place where one will find no embrace by someone that truly loves you.
29. Both Herrick and Marvell urge young women to:
a. Get in a relationship with them quickly.
30. What is the tone of the two poems stated above?
a. Distress
31. How would you best summarize the idea of carpe diem in the two poems?
a. They are saying don’t waste your beauty because you will only have it in your youth.
32. The speaker in “Song” seems to think that finding a sincere woman is:
a. There is no women who is beautiful and faithful, Impossible
33. In the first stanza of “Song,” what does the speaker instruct the reader to do?
a. Do the impossible
34. Why is the speaker in “Song” wary of meeting an honest woman in the last stanza?
a. The women will have already cheated on him before they even have gotten together.
35. What fact about Donne’s life seems to fit best with the fact that he wrote “Song?”
a. Going to oxford; he didn’t get a degree because of his religion.
36. The tone of “Song” could be described as:
a. He is bitter and mournful
37. State the line(s) that best convey the main idea of “Song.”
a. “Yet she will be false, here I come, to two, or three”
38. In “Valediction” the lovers’ souls are said to resemble gold in that they:
a. Your love can be stretched but will never break.
39. What does the title “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” mean?
a. He is saying goodbye, but forbidding mourning.
40. In “A Valediction” Donne compares his parting from his beloved with an image of silent rather than loud crying.
a. Silently melting
41. In lines 7-8 in “A Valediction”, the words “’Twere profanation of our joys/ To tell the laity our love,” mean:
a. Where the lack of respect of our joys, to tell the understanding the religion of true love, which is our
love.
42. What phrase does the speaker use to describe the opposite of his and his wife’s love?
a. “Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss”
43. According to the speaker, absence from one’s beloved is easiest to bear when:
a. They don’t need to be physical
44. An example of metaphysical conceit in this poem is:
a. Love to gold
45. In “Meditation 17,” the phrase “No man is an island” means that:
a. Everyone is a whole, not an individual
46. In “Meditation 17,” the phrase “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee” means that:
a. Don’t ask who died, but know that one day you will die.
47. What is the main idea in “Meditation 17?”
a. Everyone is affected by everyone
48. The tone of “Meditation 17” is:
a. Understanding
49. What is an example of onomatopoeia from “Meditation 17?”
a. Toll
50. According to the speaker in “Death be not proud,” how will Death die?
a. People’s actions decide when death dies; meaning when there is no more assistant.
51. Paraphrase the line “And soonest our best men with thee do go.”
a. The best men out of us will die first.
52. What is the theme of “Death be not proud?”
a. Death doesn’t control us, we control death.
Melodious
Advance
Embroidered
Fragrant
Folly
Virtuous
Reckon
Endure
Diminish
Tribulation
Contemplation
Dreadful
Desperate
Affliction
Pilgrimage
53. Before installing new carpet, you must reckon how much you will need.
54. Gabriel’s folly earned him detention.
55. My grandma embroidered a pillow with a garden scene.
56. Donne believes affliction 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 contemplation 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.