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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
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1. The poet says
A. her eyes are like the sun
B. her lips are redder than coral
C. her hair is like black wire
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B
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B
(C) He says her hair is like black wire.
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B
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
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1. The poet is trying to
A. show how ridiculous it is to compare women to nature
B. show how perfect his mistress is
C. accurately describe his mistress
D. anger his mistress by insulting her
E. show that looks are not important
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(E) The poet is showing us that looks are not important.
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2. The form used by the poet is
A. haiku
B. elegy
C. sonnet
D. ode
E. ballad
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C
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C
(C) The poem is written in the sonnet form.
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C
Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,
That they behold, and see not what they see?
They know what beauty is, see where it lies,
Yet what the best is take the worst to be.
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1. The poet
A. is in love
B. thought he was in love but now realizes he was not in love
C. thinks love is foolish
D. wishes he were in love
E. has found the one he loved to be imperfect
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D
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D
(E) He has realized that love has blinded him to his beloved's imperfections.
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D
If eyes corrupt by over-partial looks
Be anchor'd in the bay where all men ride,
Why of eyes' falsehood hast thou forged hooks,
Whereto the judgement of my heart is tied?
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1. The poet is accusing the one he loves of
A. plotting to leave him
B. flirting with other men
C. being promiscuous
D. lying to him
E. pretending to be wealthy
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E
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E
(C) He is accusing her of being promiscuous.
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E
Why should my heart think that a several plot
Which my heart knows the wide world's common place?
Or mine eyes seeing this, say this is not,
To put fair truth upon so foul a face?
In things right true my heart and eyes have err'd;
And to this false plague are they now transferr'd.
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1. The tone of this sonnet is
A. humorous
B. vituperative
C. solemn
D. neutral
E. melancholy
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(B) This sonnet abuses, or vituperates, the poet's promiscuous mistress.
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2. Which of the following would be the best title for this poem?
A. Love is Blind
B. Love is a Many Splendored Thing
C. Love in the Afternoon
D. Yesterday's Love
E. Love Me or Leave Me
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F
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(A) Since this poem tells of the poet's misjudgment of his mistress, the
best title would be "Love is Blind."
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