1. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "Although pleasure is wonderful."
(b) "Except for our relationship."
(c) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(d) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."

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

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

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

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

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. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?

3. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

4. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?

5. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

(see the answer key)

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