Download "Whoso List to Hunt" Thomas Wyatt On the literal level, what

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