LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Sidney’s sonnets 31 and 39 show the speaker
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engaged in internal conflict
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accepting his lost love
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seeing Stella in his sleep
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sonnet 31, written by Sir Philip Sidney, is a sonnet that examines the range of emotions felt by a man that has been rejected by a woman. The poet explores the theme of rejection by using aspects of form, structure and language. These include form, tone, punctuation, enjambment and pathetic fallacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 39th sonnet, “Come Sleep, O Sleep” tells us about sleep and its effects on men. It concludes with how Astrophil sees Stella clearly in a dream while sleeping.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sonnet 31 is a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet, with three quatrains followed by a final couplet. It follows the form’s typical rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
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