2. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?
(a) Critics of his relationship.
(b) An unknown beloved.
(c) The general reader.
(d) His wife.

3. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?
(a) His desire.
(b) His and his lover's hearts.
(c) His and his lover's souls.
(d) His mind.

4. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Polysyndeton.
(c) Diacope.
(d) Epistrophe.

5. Lines 12-14, "Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,/ Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," contain an example of which technique?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Antimetabole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term best describes the rhyming in lines 13 and 14, "Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one"?

2. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?

3. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?

4. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?

5. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

(see the answer key)

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