1. 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) Explorers and worlds.
(c) Maps and worlds.
(d) The lovers and worlds.

2. 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 17, "hemispheres."
(b) Line 11, "one little room."
(c) Line 19 "equally."
(d) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."

3. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is cold.
(b) It is boring.
(c) It is ugly.
(d) It is stressful.

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

5. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(b) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.
(c) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(d) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.

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. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

3. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?

4. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?

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

(see the answer key)

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