Use "The Song of Wandering Aengus" to answer questions 1-6.
Question 1
1.
Is the poem a traditional or unconventional poem?
Question 2
2.
What evidence exists to help support question 1?
Question 3
3.
What is the rhyme scheme of stanza 1?
Question 4
4.
What type of figurative language is used in line 2 of the poem?
Question 5
5.
What are the primary actions that take place in each stanza?
Question 6
6.
What quest or desire does Aengus have in this poem?
Use "Sonnet 43" to answer the following questions.
Question 7
7.
How many lines are in a Sonnet?
Question 8
8.
What is the rhyme scheme of "Sonnet 43"?
Question 9
9.
A paradox is a statement that seems to contradict itself. What paradox presented in the first line is developed throughout the sonnet? (Note: The word wink means "to close one's eyes to sleep.")
Question 10
10.
Reread the final couplet. Restate its message in your own words.
Question 11
11.
Consider Yeats´s poem ¨The Song of Wandering Aengus¨ and Shakespeare´s poem ¨Sonnet 43¨. Each of these poems is, in a sense, a love poem. How does each poem convey a sense of loss and longing? Which poem do you think is more hopeful in their quest? Why?