Question

Read this line from Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun." What sound devices are employed here? A. assonance and alliteration B. simile and assonance C. onomatopoeia and alliteration D. alliteration and assonance

How is Donne's poem about death, "Holy Sonnet X," thematically typical of metaphysical poetry?
A. The poem addresses the meaning of human existence.
B. The poem has a lighthearted, witty approach.
C. The poem deals with universal questions about love.
D. The poem builds its idea through the Petrarchan form.

Read these lines from Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress."
"And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace."

What is Marvell's tone?
A. lighthearted and witty
B. sincere and somber
C. curious and concerned
D. jealous and bitter

Answer 1

I think that’s it’s c

Answer 2

B, A, and B are the correct answers.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. A simile is an explicit comparison between two things, indicated by using the words like or as; the speaker compares the mistress' ayes and the sun. Alliteration is a type of repetition: in a phrase, several words that are close in a clause start with the same consonant sound, as in My mistress'.

2. John Donne was an English poet, the most important of the metaphysical ones. Holy Sonnet X discusses topics related to human existence, such as death and fate.

3. Andre Marvell was a satiric writer and poet from England. In the excerpt, the sincere and somber tone can be seen by the words quaint honor to dust or into ashes all my dust.