A Valediction Forbidding Mourning (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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Who wrote 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning' in 1611?
Who wrote 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning' in 1611?
John Donne
How many quatrains does the poem contain?
How many quatrains does the poem contain?
Nine
What rhyme scheme does the poem follow?
What rhyme scheme does the poem follow?
ABAB
What are the lovers' souls compared to in the most famous conceit?
What are the lovers' souls compared to in the most famous conceit?
Two legs of a compass
What does the gold metaphor illustrate about their love?
What does the gold metaphor illustrate about their love?
It stretches without breaking
Which hyperbolic phrases mock ordinary lovers' excessive grief?
Which hyperbolic phrases mock ordinary lovers' excessive grief?
'Tear-floods' and 'sigh-tempests'
What are 'sublunary lovers' dependent on?
What are 'sublunary lovers' dependent on?
Physical senses
What does 'laity' represent in the phrase 'tell the laity our love'?
What does 'laity' represent in the phrase 'tell the laity our love'?
Ordinary people who can't understand
What does the fixed foot of the compass do when the other roams?
What does the fixed foot of the compass do when the other roams?
It leans and hearkens after it
What does 'makes me end where I begun' signify?
What does 'makes me end where I begun' signify?
He will return to her