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1.
"From fairest creatures we desire increase."
This is the first line of Shakespeare's first sonnet. This is a metaphor for what? |
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2.
"That thereby beauty's ____ might never die."
There is a blank spot in the above line. What belongs in that spot? |
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3.
"His tender hair might bear his memory."
Uh oh, one of those words is not correct. Which word is incorrect, and what should be put in its place? |
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4.
"Feed'st thy light's flame with self-__________ fuel."
The word that is missing represents fuel from one's own body. What word is it that is missing? |
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5.
"Making a famine where abundance lies."
In Shakespeare's time, there were periods of famine and periods of what opposite? |
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6.
"Thy self thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel."
What does "thy self thy foe" mean? |
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7.
"Thou that art now the world's fresh ___________."
This phrase is about a youth (most of the sonnet is). What word belongs here, though? |
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8.
"And only herald to this gaudy season."
Actually, he does not use the word "season". Which of these words DOES he use? |
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9.
"Pity the world, or else this glutton be."
Why pity the world? |
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| 10.
In this entire sonnet, Shakespeare is mainly speaking to a specific type of person. To whom is the sonnet directed? |
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