Poets
Quotes
Grammar
Sonnets
Miscellaneous
100
The author of "Whoso List to Hunt."
Who is Sir Thomas Wyatt?
100
"Do they above love to be loved, and yet those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess?"
What is Sonnet 31 - "With how sad steps?"
100
There __(is/are)__ a lot of good students in this class.
What is are?
100
The sonnet has the speaker wishing for sleep to come so he can see his beloved Stella.
What is Sonnet 39 - "Come sleep, O sleep?"
100
The woman who "Stella" represents in Sydney's sonnets.
Who is Penelope Devereux?
200
He introduced tobacco to Europe.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
200
"I leave off therefore, Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind"
What is "Whoso List to Hunt?"
200
I am so much older than __(her/she)___.
What is she?
200
This sonnet has the speaker addressing leaves, lines, and rhymes.
What is Sonnet 1 - "Happy ye leaves?"
200
The object of Shakespeare's affection in "Shakepeare in Love."
Who is Viola De Lessups.
300
He is regarded as the greatest writer of English literature.
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
"Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw! O make in me those civil wars to cease!"
What is Sonnet 39 - "Come sleep, O sleep?"
300
As the leaders of the debate team, either Sam or Chris could have let their position influence __(their/his)___ decisions.
What is his?
300
The speaker in this Sonnet warns of the dangers that can occur when the wood, the weed, and the wag converge.
What is "To His Son?"
300
The first poet to introduce the sonnet to England.
Who is Sir Thomas Wyatt?
400
He was the first literary critic.
Who is Sir Philip Sydney?
400
"A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay"
What is Sonnet 75 - "One day I wrote her name?"
400
She is definitely a better driver than __(him/he)__.
What is he?
400
This sonnet pokes fun at Petrarchan ideals of the perfect woman.
What is Sonnet 130 - "My Mistress' Eyes?"
400
This sonnet uses an abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme.
What is Shakepearean?
500
He is also known as the "poet's poet."
Who is Edmund Spenser.
500
"I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries"
What is Sonnet 29 - "When in disgrace with fortune?"
500
He became famous for working hard, respecting others, and ___(he wins games / winning games / he is good at sports___.
What is winning games?
500
This sonnets theme could be summed up in the modern phrase "No pain, No gain."
What is Sonnet 26 - Sweet is the Rose?"
500
This term roughly translates to "little love poems."
What is "Amoretti?"
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