Reading Comprehension #14019

Practice Exercise 16 C

Sonnets

  1. Answer the questions.

    1. What is the complete rhyme scheme for the poem?

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    2. What is the main idea or theme of the sonnet?

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    3. This poem is an example of a metaphor. What are the two things being compared?

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    4. Is this an example of an Italian or an Elizabethan sonnet? Explain your answer in a paragraph.

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    5. What is the name of the literary device found in the following line the poem?

      “Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,” _____________________________________
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