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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 8 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
2. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?
3. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?
4. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how the conceit of dreaming unifies the first stanza.
2. Explain how the conceit of exploration is incorporated into the speaker's argument in stanza two.
3. Explain the rhetorical purpose of the image that begins the third stanza.
4. Describe the structure of this poem.
5. Where is this poem set, and what is happening there?
6. Explain the poem's final conceit about the hemispheres of a planet.
7. What element of hyperbole is contained in the poem's allusion to the Seven Sleepers?
8. Explain the poem's allusion to the Seven Sleepers.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about Donne's use of repetition in "The Good Morrow." Where does repetition occur? How does it create emphasis? What does it suggest about the similarities among ideas? How does it impact the poem's rhythm? How does repetition support the poem's overall meaning? Support your ideas with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem's text. Cite your evidence in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the motif of vision in "The Good Morrow." How do language and detail choices create this motif? What different aspects of vision are invoked? How does this motif support the poem's overall meaning? Support your ideas with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem's text. Cite your evidence in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about Donne's use of figurative language in "The Good Morrow." What types of figurative language does he use? What is the meaning of the figurative language? How does it support the poem's overall meaning? Support your ideas with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem's text. Cite your evidence in MLA format.
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