What is the best theme of this poem?

Shakespeare's writing is ageless and universal.

Which lines do NOT show contrast?

The hot darkness of your last embrace.

Which phrases from the poem rhyme?

tempers fraying, it's not playing

Which lines show contrast?

He's in every young man growing boastful, / Every worn out elder

Why is the poem titled "My Shakespeare"?

To emphasize the author's personal connection to Shakespeare's work

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"My Shakespeare" by Kae Tempest Review

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1
What feeling does the author express for William Shakespeare?
kindness
hatred
admiration
boredom
2
“his letters with their arms around each others shoulders, swagger/towards the ends of their sentences” is an example of
onomatopoeia
personification
allusion
simile
3
The first line of the poem, "He's in every lover who ever stood alone beneath a window," is an allusion to which play?
Macbeth
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
4
What is the best theme of this poem?
Love conquers evil.
Shakespeare's writing is ageless and universal.
Shakespeare's plays were for the common people.
Shakespeare is the best writer who ever lived.
5
Which lines do NOT show contrast?
Every great king, every sore loser,
Part and parcel of our Royals and our rascals.
He's in every wise woman, every pitiful villain,
The hot darkness of your last embrace.
6
Which word best describes the VIDEO for "My Shakespeare"?
Formal
Angry
Modern
Elizabethan
7
"Every pawn that moves as the player wants it to,/And still remains convinced that it's not playing" describes...
Betrayal
A chess game
Friendship
Manipulation
8
Which phrases from the poem rhyme?
tempers fraying, it's not playing
used her wits, did her best
whispered word, will not rest
father with a favorite, eye that stops to linger
9
Which lines show contrast?
He's in every young man growing boastful, / Every worn out elder
Every eye that stops to linger / On what someone else has got
his is the milk of human kindness, warm enough
He's in every girl who ever used her wits. Who ever did her best.
10
Why is the poem titled "My Shakespeare"?
To emphasize the author's personal connection to Shakespeare's work
to emphasize the author's sorrow that Shakespeare is dead
To show that the author knows Shakespeare personally
to show the author is claiming ownership of Shakespeare's words
11
Choose the lines that show an example of alliteration.
in every breathless hero,
He's in every young man growing boastful,
as we fought fire with fire,
the pen is mightier than the sword,

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