Duplicate of Almost Donne with The Metaphysical

Question 1

Analysis: "that this place may thoroughly be thought True paradise, I have the serpent brought"

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he feels that his sadness is poisoning the place

Question 2

How is their love like gold?

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Because it can be hammered and stretched and doesn't break

Question 3

What is the name of John Donne's wife?

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Anne

Question 4

"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is written on the occasion of...

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the poet's departure from his wife

Question 5

Which of the following is not a characteristic of metaphysical poetry?

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strict meter and form

Question 6

Which technique is used in the line "Who are a little wise, the best fools be"?

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paradox, oxymoron

Question 7

The metaphysical conceit of the compass suggest all of the following except

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Donne's wife "leans and hearkens" after him

Question 8

Which of the following words refers to something that has been "developed or improved"?

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refined

Question 9

According to the first stanza of the poem, love is like

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a good man dying

Question 10

"Dull sublunary lovers' love" from line 13 contains

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alliteration and assonance

Question 11

From whom does the speaker want to keep his love secret?

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the common people

Question 12

What are the elaborate, difficult comparisons in this poem called?

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conceits

Question 13

Why is the "trepidation of the spheres" greater than the moving of the earth?

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even though its unnoticed, it impacts all of our lives

Question 14

In what year did John Donne write "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"?

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1611

Question 15

What is the technique in the following line: "True and false fears let us refrain"?

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fricative

Question 16

This poem contains all of the following phrases except

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My soul, the fixed foot

Question 17

What is responsible for the speaker's eventual return?

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his wife's faithfulness

Question 18

What is the conceit in The Relic?

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a ribbon of hair

Question 19

The Anniversary features imagery of time

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True

Question 20

The "moving of th' earth" refers to

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an earthquake

Question 21

"Meta" is a Greek prefix meaning

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beyond

Question 22

Which of the following words refers to a "trembling motion"?

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trepidation

Question 23

What is the meter of this poem?

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iambic tetrameter

Question 24

In which century did the Metaphysical poets emerge?

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17th

Question 25

What sorts of men get to pass mildly away in the poem?

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virtuous

Duplicate of Almost Donne with The Metaphysical

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Duplicate of Almost Donne with The Metaphysical

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