The nymph's reply to the shepherd and the passionate shepher

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The tone in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" is

Odd and creepy

Confused and distracted

Thoughtful and loving

Forceful and demanding

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A poem dealing with rural life, usually overly romanticizing that type of life

Pastoral Poetry

Preventative Poetry

Pestilence Poetry

Providential Poetry

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Who is the speaker in "The Nymph’s Reply To the Shepherd"?

His sheep

The Shepherd

Sir Walter Raleigh

The Nymph

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In " The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd", what best describes the poem's main idea?

Women hate nature

That man, no matter the man, lie about things

Relationships between men and women can be complicated

Relationships, like those in the natural world and nature, decay over time

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Who is the "Speaker" in The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd?

The Nymph

The Reader

His Love

The Shepherd

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What relationship does the title of Raleigh's poem establish between Raleigh's poem and Marlowe's poem?

They are not connected

Raleigh and Marlowe both like Shepherd's

Raleigh wanted to anger Marlowe

Raleigh wrote it as an answer to Marlowe

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What material is possessions have been promised to the Nymph?

A purse of flowers, endless hours, and sweet songs

A wool gown, lined slippers and cap of flowers

A silk dress, string of pearls and a warm home

A chain of gold, endless love and a warm nights

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Which of the following lines from " The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" contributes the most to its being a pastoral poem?

" Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks"

" Come live with me and be my love"

" With buckles of the purest gold"

" If these delights thy mind may love"

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Which statement best summarizes how these two poem differ?

The poems are different but the speakers are not

Raleigh's poem is about a nymph; Marlowe's is not

Marlowe's is idealistic and Raleigh's is realistic

Marlowe's poem has a meter ; Raleigh's does not

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Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

Stanza

End rhyme

Couplet

Rhyme

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Who is the intended audience in " The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?

His Love

Poets

The Reader

The Shepherd

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In " The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" where do most of the narrator's pleasure come from?

Nature

God

His Sheep

His Love

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Which of the following describes how rural life is depicted in pastoral poems?

Innocent and serene

Real and natural

Miserable

Difficult

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In " The Nymph’s Reply to The Shepherd" what is the effect of the alliteration in the following lines of the second stanza?

" When Rivers rage and Rocks grow cold / And Philomel becometh dumb / The rest complains of cares to come".

The harsh sounds create a positive tone

The harsh sounds don't effect the poem

The harsh sounds show that the speaker is rejecting the shepherd

The harsh sounds parallel a harah vision of time and nature

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What would change the nymph's mind about living with the shepherd?

If there was more stability in the life of the shepherd

If she could love him back

If time would stop and all the world stay young

If he would tell her, he would marry her first

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What sort of pleasures does Marlowe's speaker offer in the poem " The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?

All the above

The sophisticated pleasures of life at court

Simple rural pleasures

The exciting pleasures of a life of mountain climbing adventure

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In " The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", what does the speaker urge his love to do?

Help him feed the flocks

Come live with him in the country

Runaway with him to the city

Forgive him for loving another

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What does the speaker in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" NOT mention?

Luxurious clothing made for his love

The hardships of life in the country

The pleasures and simplicity of life

Young Boys dancing for his love

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What is the rhyme scheme used in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"

aabb...

abab...

abcd...

none of the above

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Which of the following literary devices is used the most in the poem?

Imagery

Symbols

Alliteration

Simile

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What is a Stanza?

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

A group of lines in a poem, separated by a space or spaces.

Something that arouses strong emotions because of its beauty.

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words.

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A four line stanza?

Octave

Quatrian

Refrain

Couplet

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In the "Mother to Son", the mother compares her life to a _____

Road

River

Journey

Staircase

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Why isn't " The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" poem very realistic?

He is very sensitive - men usually aren't in poems.

He doesn't mention any hardships of life.

He doesn't explain where the shepherd boys came from.

He doesn't mention any cities.

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