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- 1. Multiple Choice
Throughout the poem, what word is repeatedly personified?
MightyDie
Death
Sleep
- 2. Multiple Choice
What subtle reference does this make? ‘And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die’
Resurrection
Christianity
John Simmons
Life
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does ‘thou shalt’ tell us about the era this was written in?
Modern
Roman
Prehistoric
Elizabethan
- 4. Multiple Choice
What rhyme scheme is the poem written in?
ABBA ABBA CDDC
ABBB
ABAB CD
ABC ABC
- 5. Multiple Choice
is holy sonnet 10 in iambic pentameter?
Yes
No
- 6. Multiple Choice
What feature(s) is/are commonly associated with death according to holy sonnet 10
Pride
Might
Happiness
Rest
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the symbolism of “poppy or charms”
War
Happiness
Death
Sleep
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which poet wrote ‘Holy Sonnet 10’?
John Smith
John Donne
John Dom
John hull
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of iambic pentameter in the poem?
represents a heartbeat whilst being alive
Racing thoughts
Contrast the theme of death
Predictability of death
- 10. Multiple Choice
When is the resurrection of God referenced?
‘Kings, and desperate men’
‘We wake eternally’
‘Best men with thee do go’
‘why swell’st thou then?’
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does ‘Eternally’ mean?
Inside
Unreal
Internal
Lasting forever
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does the word ‘dwell’ mean?
Stay with
Swollen
Keep
Empower
- 13. Multiple Choice
What quote relates death with religion?
‘rest of their bones’
‘make us sleep as well’
‘And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die’
‘some have called thee’
- 14. Multiple Choice
What structural device is used frequently mid line?
Comma
Caesura
Alliteration
Juxtaposition
- 15. Multiple Choice
On line 12, what is the word ‘stroke’ used to imply?
Death decides whom to kill and when
Death is instant
Fate drives people to death
Death in inevitable
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