Q01of 10
What is the dominant structural form of this poem?
Q02of 10
What extended simile opens the poem and establishes its central metaphor?
Q03of 10
In the second quatrain, the word 'Nativity' most nearly refers to what?
Q04of 10
What does the phrase 'Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight' most likely represent?
Q05of 10
The line 'Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth' employs which primary technique?
Q06of 10
What tone best describes the first twelve lines of the sonnet?
Q07of 10
How does the final couplet shift the poem's argument?
Q08of 10
The image of Time with a 'scythe' in line 12 alludes to which cultural figure?
Q09of 10
According to the poem, what is the one thing capable of resisting time's destruction?
Q10of 10
The phrase 'delves the parallels in beauty's brow' uses which figure of speech to describe ageing?
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