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After reading A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. John Donne, On My First Son: Ben Johnson, Song: To Celicia. Ben Johnson.

1. How does being apart harm the love of "sublunary lover" in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?

Time apart is easy for them.
Their love changes with the phases of the moon.
Their love lacks faith in one another.
Their love is only about physical attraction.

2. The speaker in Song: To Celia vows to

accept their loved ones faults.
always remember the ones he loved.
be attached to the one he loves.
verbally express their love.

3. Lines 9-12 of A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning contains a paradox to explain

how devastating earthquakes can be to peoples homes.
people are afraid of earthquakes.
how knowledge of severe weather is important to humankind.
how events on earth are more harmful than bigger events in the heavens.

4. In On My First Son, the speaker say he wants to lose a father's feelings because

people should envy the dead, not grieve.
people should accept fate.
he is overwhelmed by grief.
he would rather not have been a father.

5. The metaphysical conceit in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, "the center foot leaning toward the moving foot," is used to covey

what the wife does while the speaker is away.
why the speaker leaves his wife.
the connection of the two feet.
how a fixed foot is better.

6. What does the speaker in "Song: To Celia" suggest that the speaker and Celia can do with their eyes?
wish each other very good fortune
promise their faithful love to one another
enjoy themselves when there is no wine
share their thoughts on love with each other

7. The mood of On My First Son is grief set by

comparing birth to death.
describing the misery of old age.
saying goodbye to joy.
not accepting the fathers true feelings.

8. How are, On my First Son and Song: To Celia, similar?

Both poems describe a love from which the speaker is separated.
Both poems express the fear of growing old and losing someone.
Both poems express how the speaker has lost the love he seeks.
Both poems explains the power of reconnecting with lost love.

9. According to the speaker in Song: To Celia, a kiss from Celia will

create bad vision.
take ones breath away.
fix thirst.
create hunger.

10. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning contains a metaphysical conceit. How does the comparison of lovers to a compass encourage the wife to be brave?

because both the compass and love change
because both the compass and love succeed
because the compass and love lean in the same direction
both the compass and love move back to where they started

11. According to On My First Son, the speaker expresses what about his son dying at age seven?

His son will never know the misery of being old.
He believes his son is at peace.
He knows his son's true fate.
His son will is no longer in pain.

12. According to the speaker in Song: To Celia the roses in the wreath will stay fresh because

Celia's thoughts invigorate them.
they were planted with thoughts of Celia.
Celia's beauty protects them.
they were sent with love.

13. Why does the speaker in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning believe the love between him and his wife is unable to be understood by others?

Their love includes so much time apart.
Their love is unstable.
Their love is too profound.
Their love is a religion with two followers.

14. In, On My First Son, what will the speaker do for the future of his son?

He will avoid getting overly attached to anyone he loves.
He will write his son the very best poem.
He will ensure no one negatively effects his son.
He will never love anyone else.

15. In, Song:To Celia, what does the speaker hope happens to the rosy wreath?

that Celia feels loved
that the wreath remains fresh for Celia
that Celia sees it's beauty
that Celia forgives him

1 answer

Here are the answers to your questions based on the poems you mentioned:

  1. How does being apart harm the love of "sublunary lover" in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?

    • Correct Answer: Their love lacks faith in one another.

  2. The speaker in Song: To Celia vows to

    • Correct Answer: verbally express their love.

  3. Lines 9-12 of A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning contains a paradox to explain

    • Correct Answer: how events on earth are more harmful than bigger events in the heavens.

  4. In On My First Son, the speaker says he wants to lose a father's feelings because

    • Correct Answer: he is overwhelmed by grief.

  5. The metaphysical conceit in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, "the center foot leaning toward the moving foot," is used to convey

    • Correct Answer: the connection of the two feet.

  6. What does the speaker in "Song: To Celia" suggest that the speaker and Celia can do with their eyes?

    • Correct Answer: share their thoughts on love with each other.

  7. The mood of On My First Son is grief set by

    • Correct Answer: saying goodbye to joy.

  8. How are On My First Son and Song: To Celia similar?

    • Correct Answer: Both poems express how the speaker has lost the love he seeks.

  9. According to the speaker in Song: To Celia, a kiss from Celia will

    • Correct Answer: take one’s breath away.

  10. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning contains a metaphysical conceit. How does the comparison of lovers to a compass encourage the wife to be brave?

  • Correct Answer: both the compass and love move back to where they started.
  1. According to On My First Son, the speaker expresses what about his son dying at age seven?
  • Correct Answer: His son will never know the misery of being old.
  1. According to the speaker in Song: To Celia the roses in the wreath will stay fresh because
  • Correct Answer: Celia's beauty protects them.
  1. Why does the speaker in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning believe the love between him and his wife is unable to be understood by others?
  • Correct Answer: Their love is too profound.
  1. In On My First Son, what will the speaker do for the future of his son?
  • Correct Answer: He will avoid getting overly attached to anyone he loves.
  1. In Song: To Celia, what does the speaker hope happens to the rosy wreath?
  • Correct Answer: that the wreath remains fresh for Celia.

Feel free to ask if you need further explanations or insights into the poems!