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Quiz — Storgy

Sonnet 8.

by William Shakespeare.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of this poem?

Q02of 10

What central contradiction does the speaker identify in the young man at the poem's opening?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'true concord of well-tuned sounds' primarily functions as what type of literary device?

Q04of 10

In the line 'who confounds / In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear,' what does 'confounds' most nearly mean?

Q05of 10

The image of 'one string, sweet husband to another' is best described as an example of which technique?

Q06of 10

What is the primary theme of Sonnet 8?

Q07of 10

The closing couplet 'Whose speechless song being many, seeming one, / Sings this to thee' employs which rhetorical device?

Q08of 10

What does the final line, 'Thou single wilt prove none,' mean in context?

Q09of 10

The tone of the speaker toward the young man can best be described as:

Q10of 10

Which group of characters is represented by the musical image of 'sire and child and happy mother'?

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