Question

Read this excerpt from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 93 and fill in the blanks in the paragraph.

Whate'er thy thoughts, or thy heart's workings be,
Thy looks should nothing thence, but sweetness tell.
How like Eve's apple doth thy beauty grow,
If thy sweet virtue answer not thy show!




The tone of the poem is (romantic, bitter, sarcastic) . The poetic speaker is praising denouncing the lady addressed. He uses the (parallelism, simile, metaphor) of Eve’s apple, which symbolizes the ( deception, sorrow) concealed in attractive things. The poet contrasts the lady's beauty and her (virtue symbolism) to show that her beauty does not reveal her inner (virtue, corruption) .

Answer 1

The tone of the poem is NOT ROMANTIC. The poetic speaker is NOT PRAISING the lady addressed. He uses the SIMILE of Eve's apple, which symbolizes DECEPTION concealed in attractive things. The poet contrasts the lady's beauty and her VIRTUE to show that her beauty does not reveal her inner CORRUPTION.

Answer 2

The correct answer to the first question is romantic. The speaker of the poem explains how beautiful the face of his beloved is. She is so beautiful that her face could never appear hateful.

The correct answer to the second question is praising. The speaker is praising the subject of the poem, not denouncing her.

The correct answer to the third question is simile. The speaker uses the simile of Eve's apple to make a comparision between the apple and the face of his beloved. It is a simile, not a metaphor, because he says, "How like Eve's apple..."

The correct answer to the fourth question is deception. The simile of Eve's apple symbolizes the deception in beautiful things.

The correct answer to the fifth question is virtue / corruption. The speaker contrasts his beloved's beauty and her virtue to show that her beauty does not reveal her inner corruption.