1. Although the speaker has indicated that each lover is a complete world, where does the diction suggest that each is actually incomplete without the other?
(a) Line 19 "equally."
(b) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(c) Line 11, "one little room."
(d) Line 17, "hemispheres."

2. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?
(a) Assonance and internal rhyme.
(b) Sibilance and euphony.
(c) Alliteration and antithesis.
(d) Consonance and inversion.

3. Which word in lines 15-18 is meant to contrast the impermanent nature of life outside the lovers' relationship with the eternal nature of their love?
(a) "Rest" (line 16).
(b) "Sharp" (line 18).
(c) "Plain" (line 16).
(d) "Declining" (line 18).

4. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Poetry and worlds.
(b) Maps and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Explorers and worlds.

5. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?
(a) Jealousy and insecurity about the relationship.
(b) Fear of loneliness and despair.
(c) An existential fear of purposelessness and loss of meaning.
(d) Fear of the beloved's disapproval.

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

3. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?

4. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?

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

(see the answer key)

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