Song: Sweetest love, I do not go (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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When was 'Sweetest love, I do not go' published?
When was 'Sweetest love, I do not go' published?
1633
What rhyme scheme does each stanza follow?
What rhyme scheme does each stanza follow?
ABABCDDC
How many stanzas does the poem contain?
How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Five
What central metaphor does the speaker use to explain his departure?
What central metaphor does the speaker use to explain his departure?
The sun's daily cycle
What does 'more wings and spurs' suggest about the speaker?
What does 'more wings and spurs' suggest about the speaker?
Greater speed than the sun
Why does the speaker say he is departing?
Why does the speaker say he is departing?
Not from weariness of her
In stanza 3, what can humans NOT control?
In stanza 3, what can humans NOT control?
Time's passage
In stanza 4, what effect do the beloved's tears have on the speaker?
In stanza 4, what effect do the beloved's tears have on the speaker?
Make his 'life's blood' decay
Which paradoxical phrase appears in stanza 4?
Which paradoxical phrase appears in stanza 4?
Unkindly kind
According to the final stanza, lovers who 'keep alive' one another are what?
According to the final stanza, lovers who 'keep alive' one another are what?
'Ne'er parted be'
What does the speaker mean by 'feign'd deaths' in stanza 1?
What does the speaker mean by 'feign'd deaths' in stanza 1?
Temporary separations
What is the dominant theme of the poem?
What is the dominant theme of the poem?
Love transcends physical boundaries