1. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Allusion.

2. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. What is the dominant meter of this poem?
(a) Iambic hexameter.
(b) Trochaic pentameter.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Trochaic hexameter.

4. 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.

5. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Henry Vaughan.
(c) George Herbert.
(d) Andrew Marvell.

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. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

3. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?

4. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?

5. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

(see the answer key)

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