Poetry Test A [Questions 16-17] PDF

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poetry work to practice on. It will help students brush up on their poetry analysis skills....

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Poetry Test A For That He Looked Not upon Her by George Gascoigne1

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You must not wonder, though you think it strange, To see me hold my louring2 head so low, And that mine eyes take no delight to range 3 About the gleams which on your face do grow. The mouse which once hath broken out of trap Is seldom ’ticèd4 with the trustless bait,5 But lies aloof for fear of more mishap, And feedeth still in doubt6 of deep deceit. The scorchèd fly, which once hath ’scaped the flame, Will hardly come to play again with fire, Whereby I learn that grievous7 is the game Which follows fancy8 dazzled by desire: So that I wink or else hold down my head, Because your blazing eyes my bale9 have bred.

TO SUBMIT VIA TURNITIN 16 Now that you have done the preparatory multiple-choice questions, write a welledited and carefully-structured introductory paragraph for a critical analysis of this poem. (Your paragraph should be 70 to 100 words long and consider the poem’s subject, theme, structure and context.) (10) 17 Now write another well-structured and carefully-edited paragraph in which you analyse the last two lines of the poem, and consider what is being said, how it is being said and why it is being said in this way. (Your paragraph should be 70 to 100 words long.) (10) (TOTAL: 50) 1 In this poem, the speaker has been hurt by his beloved and no longer trusts her. 2 sulky 3 to look at 4 enticed or tempted by 5 bait that cannot be trusted 6 suspecting 7 painful 8 imagination 9 suffering

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