Think you’ve got your head wrapped around To the Memory of My Beloved? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. "To the Memory of My Beloved" is written in what meter?
iambic pentameter
blank verse
rime riche
speedometer
Q. Name the poetic term described in the following definition: rhyming pairs of verse in iambic pentameter.
rhyming pairs
heroic couplets
Jonsonian duos
twinsies
Q. This poem is best described as…
an ode
an elegy
a drama
long and boring
Q. Which of the following is an example of a simile that appears in the poem?
"Sweet Swan of Avon"
"thou Star of Poets"
"thou art a monument without a tomb"
"or like a Mercury, to charm"
Q. Which other famous author wrote primarily in iambic pentameter?
Shakespeare
Plautus
Chaucer
Apollo