Shall I Compare Thee?
Bonny Barbara Allan
Sonnets & Ballads
Inverted Sentences Uninverted
100
How does the loved one in the sonnet compare to a summer's day?
She is more lovely (and more temperate)...
100
Why does Barbara refuse to kiss William?
Barbara is jealous because he drinks to all the ladies in town when he is drunk.
100
True or false? Shakespearean sonnets tell a story.
False.
100
Not a protest did my beloved voice.
My beloved did not voice a protest.
200
The speaker in "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" claims that his writing has what power?
To grant immortality.
200
After William dies, how does Barbara feel?
Barbara feels guilty.
200
What is the name of a songlike story poem?
A ballad.
200
With a lovely sound a song the birds did create.
The birds did create a song with a lovely sound.
300
According to the poem, summer is consant or changeable?
Changeable
300
When Barbara sees William's corpse, what does she promise her father?
Barbara promises that she will soon die also.
300
What is the refrain of "Bonny Barbara Allan?"
"Hardhearted Barbara Allan."
300
Trust not the Dark Side should you.
You should not trust the Dark Side.
400
True or False? Shakespeare fears that Death will remove his beloved's beauty.
False.
400
What grew out of William's grave?
A rose.
400
Before Shakespeare wrote sonnets, they were known as this.
English sonnets.
400
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines.
The eye of heaven shines too hot sometimes.
500
This poem, and most sonnets, are what kind of poem?
Lyric poetry.
500
What grew out of Barbara's grave?
A briar.
500
A quatrain has this many lines.
A quatrain has four lines.
500
For tomorrow's quiz study you should.
You should study for tomorrow's quiz.
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