The Sun Rising Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Sun Rising? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. A poem written about two lovers at dawn is called an…


encomium
epithalamium
omelet
aubade
Q. The direct address to an inanimate object is known as a(n)...


apostrophe
hyperbole
dramatic monologue
one-way ticket to crazy town
Q. The form of each stanza blends what two types of forms?


Italian and English sonnet forms
villanelle and elegiac forms
yellow and orange to make red
haiku and limerick forms
Q. Line 21 ("She's all states, and all princes I") is an example of…


a double negative
a bizarre pickup line
synesthesia
chiasmus
Q. Lines 21 and 30 both feature...


a zeugma
ironic hyperbole
explicit innuendos
heavy-handed allusions