Sestina (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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How many stanzas does Bishop's 'Sestina' contain in total?
How many stanzas does Bishop's 'Sestina' contain in total?
Seven stanzas
What is the final three-line stanza of a sestina called?
What is the final three-line stanza of a sestina called?
A tercet or envoi
Which six words repeat as end words throughout the sestina?
Which six words repeat as end words throughout the sestina?
house, grandmother, child, Stove, almanac, tears
Where did the sestina form originate?
Where did the sestina form originate?
12th-century troubadour music
What is alliteration?
What is alliteration?
Consecutive words with identical sounds
What is enjambment?
What is enjambment?
Lines break before natural stops
What are the grandmother's 'equinoctial tears' linked to?
What are the grandmother's 'equinoctial tears' linked to?
Seasonal timing around the equinox
What does 'a teacup full of dark brown tears' represent?
What does 'a teacup full of dark brown tears' represent?
A metaphor for tea
In stanza five, what does the child draw?
In stanza five, what does the child draw?
A rigid house and a man with button tears
What does the almanac declare in the envoi?
What does the almanac declare in the envoi?
'Time to plant tears'
In which month is the poem set?
In which month is the poem set?
September
Why does the grandmother laugh and talk?
Why does the grandmother laugh and talk?
To hide her tears
What personal loss did Bishop experience as a baby?
What personal loss did Bishop experience as a baby?
Her father died
What technique gives human qualities to inanimate objects?
What technique gives human qualities to inanimate objects?
Personification
What creates the sestina's cyclical structure?
What creates the sestina's cyclical structure?
Repetition of six end words in patterns