Sonnet 116
Who was the author of "Sonnet 116"?
William Shakespeare
Who was the author of "My Last Duchess"?
Robert Browning
Who was the author of "The Road Not Taken"?
Who was the author of "The Second Coming"?
William Butler Yeats
Who was the author of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"?
Dylan Thomas
How many quatrains are in a sonnet?
Three quatrains
What is a dramatic monologue in poetry?
Speaker slowly revealing the truth to an imagined audience.
What rhythmic style is followed in "The Road Not Taken"?
Iambic tetrameter/quadrameter
Name one symbol used in the symbolist poem "The Second Coming".
Answers may vary.
What is a Villanelle?
19 lines, 5 tercets, 1 quatrain, 2 refrains
Name one major theme of "Sonnet 116".
True love is eternal
Name one major theme of "My Last Duchess".
Objectification of women
Name one major theme of "The Road Not Taken".
Choice as transformation.
Name one major theme of "The Second Coming".
The rise of evil/the destruction of good society.
Name one major theme of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night".
Resist/fight against death
What is a volta?
A turning point in a sonnet (usually at the end).
Who is the narrator of "My Last Duchess"?
The Duke of Ferrera
What does the color yellow symbolize in the poem?
Caution/warning before making a choice
What does this latin phrase translate to in English: Spiritus Mundi?
Spirit of the World
What are the two refrains in the poem (approximations allowed)?
1. Do not go gentle into that good night
2. Rage, rage against the dying of the light
What celestial body does Shakespeare compare to love? Why?
A star, like the North Star, which acts as a guide for travelers who are lost.
At the end of the poem, the speaker makes an allusion to which Roman god?
Neptune
Which road does the speaker ultimately choose to take?
The second/road less traveled by
Name three major global catastrophies that inspired Yeats to write this poem.
1. World War I
2. The Great Influenza
3. The Irish Revolution (Russian also acceptable)
Where was Dylan Thomas born? (Deeply impacted his poetry/language skills)
Wales