1. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Rhetorical question.
(c) Appeal to Ethos.
(d) Paradox.

2. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?
(a) Morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dusk.

3. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?
(a) Line 17, "better hemispheres."
(b) Line 18, "sharp north" and "declining west."
(c) Line 13, "worlds on worlds."
(d) Line 16, "true plain hearts."

4. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Appositive.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Pun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?

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

(see the answer key)

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