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"Whoso List to Hunt" Thomas Wyatt On the literal level, what realization does the speaker come to? What are his cautionary remarks to other hunters? What situation is described in the octave? What is the theme? "Sonnet 31" Sir Phillip Sydney What are the four complaints expressed in the sestet? Describe the appearance of the moon. What is the connection between the appearance of the moon and the thoughts the speaker utters? Paraphrase lines 3-4 and 5-8. Judging by what is said in the sonnet, what can be inferred about the speaker’s relationship with his lady? Sydney uses the moon as a metaphor for what? What is the tone of the sonnet? "Sonnet 39" Sir Phillip Sydney What six benefits does the speaker attribute to sleep in lines 1-4? Literally, what are the fierce darts that Despair hurls? What might the metaphor “civil wars” signify? In what sense could sleep see Stella’s image in the speaker? Why is the speaker addressing sleep? “Sonnet 1” Edmund Spenser What three listeners does the speaker address? Who is “she” in line 10 and “her” in line 13? What is the speaker asking the listeners to do? To what objects does Spenser give human qualities? How does Spenser tie this personification to the main idea of the sonnet? “Sonnet 26" Edmund Spenser In what ways are the lines in the octave of Sonnet 26 similar? What literary device does Spenser use in the octave? According to Spenser, What is the effect of tempering every “sweet with sour”? By using flowers and plants, Spenser is attempting to make what point about love? “Sonnet 75” Edmund Spenser What two events occur twice in the first quatrain of Sonnet 75? Who begins speaking in line 5? Who begins speaking in line 9? Why does the poet believe his love’s name will not be washed away by the tide? Has time proven him right? "Sonnet 29" Shakespeare With whom or what is the speaker in disfavor? What are the three things the speaker wishes for? When the speaker things of the person to whom the sonnet is addressed, how does his attitude change? What is the mood of the sonnet in the first eight lines? The last six lines? How do the last two lines summarize the theme of the sonnet? “Sonnet 73" Shakespeare To what season of the year does the speaker compare himself? To what time of day does the speaker compare himself? What comparison does the speaker make in the third quatrain? How does the speaker resemble the three things to which he compares himself? Explain the meaning of “Death’s second self” in line 8. How does the thought in the final couplet relate to the rest of the sonnet? "Sonnet 116" Shakespeare According to the speaker, what are three things that love is not? To what is love compared in the second quatrain? What are the points of similarity between true love and the North Star? The speaker notes that “Love’s not Time’s fool.” What does this mean? How does this idea fit with the central theme of the sonnet? Ordinarily, the final couplet in a Shakespearean sonnet offers a summary or solution. This final couplet is a bit different. What point does it make about the content of the rest of the sonnet? "Sonnet 130" Shakespeare What is less than perfect about the mistress? “Sonnet 130” is often called an anti-Petrarchan sonnet. Why? What is meant by “Anti-Petrarchan”?