<p> Renaissance Poetry Review</p><p>1. Who is the speaker in “Whoso List to Hunt” referring to when he says, “Who list her hunt?”</p><p>Deer hunters. </p><p>2. What does the author mean in “Whoso List to Hunt” when he states the hunters “may spend his time in vain?”</p><p>They are wasting their time.</p><p>3. Find the line in the poem that most clearly helps you to infer the speaker’s mood in “Whoso List to Hunt.”</p><p>Weary and sore</p><p>4. According to the speaker, what effect does fire have on ice in “Sonnet 30?”</p><p>It just makes her heard become colder, not warmer</p><p>5. How does the speaker describe love in “Sonnet 30?”</p><p>It’s difficult and unpredictable. </p><p>6. How would you best paraphrase the lines “And ice which is congealed with senseless cold,/ Should kindle fire by wonderful device?”</p><p>He wishes to break her coldness (refusal)</p><p>7. Who is the speaker in “Sonnet 30?”</p><p>A man who is trying hard to get a woman but the harder he tries, the further he pushes her away.</p><p>8. The contrasting images of fire and ice help us infer that the relationship between the man and woman in “Sonnet 30” was:</p><p>Contrasting and difficult. </p><p>9. In “Sonnet 75,” the woman’s first reaction is that:</p><p>She is mere human and will disappear like the name in the sand</p><p>10. In "Sonnet 75," the speaker compares the decay and anonymity of death to:</p><p>She compares her life to the name in the sand</p><p>11. The tone of the final lines of “Sonnet 75” is:</p><p>Optimistic</p><p>12. Who are the two speakers in “Sonnet 75?”</p><p>A poet man who loves a woman yet the woman is more realistic and says she will die eventually</p><p>13. The three poems stated above state what about love?</p><p>It is strong in one’s heart but the other may not love back so love is painful. 14. In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the shepherd offers the charms of:</p><p>Referring the woman to beauty of the land</p><p>15. The shepherd’s plea might have been accepted by a woman who:</p><p>Loves the country too and isn’t so realistic</p><p>16. State a line from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” that gives you a clue that it is a pastoral poem.</p><p>“How beautiful valleys, hills, woods and rivers.”</p><p>17. The speaker in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” regards the shepherd’s promised pleasures as being:</p><p>Painting a realistic view of the effect of time and love</p><p>18. Based on “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” Sir Walter Raleigh’s view on rural living could be called:</p><p>Antipastoral</p><p>19. How would you paraphrase the line “Had joys no date, nor age no need?”</p><p>He had joys with a clear conscience so no worries about time or age. </p><p>20. State two words that could be used to describe Marlowe’s and Raleigh’s different viewpoints in these poems.</p><p>Romantic or realistic</p><p>21. The speaker in “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” uses the setting of the sun to emphasize:</p><p>Heaven is always there reminding us about death</p><p>22. What is the speaker implying in the lines “And this same flower that smiles today,/ Tomorrow will be dying?”</p><p>Everyone dies sooner or later and no one knows when they will die so live now. </p><p>23. In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” the line “That age is best which is the first” means:</p><p>The best times of your life is when you are younger</p><p>24. What warnings does Herrick give to young women if they fail to “seize the day?”</p><p>If you don’t marry now, you won’t ever</p><p>25. The speaker in “to His Coy Mistress” is a man who is:</p><p>Wanting a girl but she doesn’t’ want him so he tells her that they shouldn’t wait. </p><p>26. In “To His Coy Mistress” the speaker says that he would wait patiently for the woman he addresses if:</p><p>They had more time, unfortunately, they don’t so they should get together now. </p><p>27. Give an example of an image from “To His Coy Mistress” that best emphasizes the speaker’s sense of urgency. 28. Paraphrase the line “The grave’s a fine and private place, / But none, I think, do there embrace.”</p><p>You cannot love when you are dead</p><p>29. Both Herrick and Marvell urge young women to:</p><p>Hook up with them while they can. </p><p>30. What is the tone of the two poems stated above?</p><p>Carefree, seducing</p><p>31. How would you best summarize the idea of carpe diem in the two poems?</p><p>Live your life now because maybe tomorrow you won’t be able to.</p><p>32. The speaker in “Song” seems to think that finding a sincere woman is:</p><p>Impossible</p><p>33. In the first stanza of “Song,” what does the speaker instruct the reader to do?</p><p>Give up cause a faithful woman doesn’t exist. </p><p>34. Why is the speaker in “Song” wary of meeting an honest woman in the last stanza?</p><p>Because she will have already cheated on him by the time he goes to meet her. </p><p>35. What fact about Donne’s life seems to fit best with the fact that he wrote “Song?”</p><p>He had planned to marry but then went to jail for it. </p><p>36. The tone of “Song” could be described as:</p><p>Bitter</p><p>37. State the line(s) that best convey the main idea of “Song.”</p><p>Nowhere lives a woman true and fair. </p><p>38. In “Valediction” the lovers’ souls are said to resemble gold in that they:</p><p>Do not break but rather stretch and smooth out. </p><p>39. What does the title “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” mean?</p><p>Though they will be apart, mourning is not needed because their love is true and strong. </p><p>40. In “A Valediction” Donne compares his parting from his beloved with an image of silent Melthing rather than loud crying. 41. In lines 7-8 in “A Valediction”, the words “’Twere profanation of our joys/ To tell the laity our love,” mean:</p><p>We cannot tell others about our joyous love because they never experienced it and cannot love. </p><p>42. What phrase does the speaker use to describe the opposite of his and his wife’s love?</p><p>Common love cry and make noise when separated while theirs quietly melt together. Or Common love is just physical while their souls are one and no senses are needed</p><p>43. According to the speaker, absence from one’s beloved is easiest to bear when:</p><p>When it is true love. </p><p>44. An example of metaphysical conceit in this poem is:</p><p>Two people’s love compared to compass by saying they are interconnected and fused together. </p><p>45. In “Meditation 17,” the phrase “No man is an island” means that:</p><p>We are together as a continent and no man is alone. </p><p>46. In “Meditation 17,” the phrase “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee” means that:</p><p>It reminds people that they are going to die themselves. </p><p>47. What is the main idea in “Meditation 17?”</p><p>Humanity is interconnected and we feel for each other. </p><p>48. The tone of “Meditation 17” is:</p><p>Somber, solemn</p><p>49. What is an example of onomatopoeia from “Meditation 17?” </p><p>The bell tolling</p><p>50. According to the speaker in “Death be not proud,” how will Death die?</p><p>Death is only in us for a few minutes and then he is useless thus Death “dies”</p><p>51. Paraphrase the line “And soonest our best men with thee do go.”</p><p>The best people always seem to die. </p><p>52. What is the theme of “Death be not proud?” Death shouldn’t be proud because his works lead up to nothing and he is just a slave to people killing themselves. He is nothing to be afraid of, and in all of this, Death dies. Melodious Advance Embroidered Fragrant Folly </p><p>Virtuous Reckon Endure Diminish Tribulation</p><p>Contemplation Dreadful Desperate Affliction Pilgrimage</p><p>53. Before installing new carpet, you must _reckon_ how much you will need.</p><p>54. Gabriel’s folly earned him detention.</p><p>55. My grandma embroidered a pillow with a garden scene.</p><p>56. Donne believes contemplation brings humans closer to God.</p><p>57. The religious pilgrimage was long and arduous, but the participants’ faith helped them endure the hardships.</p><p>58. The opposite of wicked is virtuous. </p><p>59. Ringing church bells triggers Donne’s affliction of his own mortality.</p><p>60. The speaker’s melodious voice was a pleasure to hear.</p><p>61. Donne believes that trials and tribulation can benefit a person.</p><p>62. The fragrant roses filled the room with their scent.</p><p>63. As the game went into triple overtime, fans found the suspense hard to endure.</p><p>64. Senator Marshal proposed to advance new legislation allocating more funds to education.</p><p>65. The grief arising from death does not necessarily diminish over time for Donne.</p><p>66. Donne does not believe that death is dreadful because he believes in life after death.</p><p>67. She was desperate for a date to King of Hearts, so she took her ex.</p>