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“Sonnet CXVI”
by William Shakespeare, pages 7-8

Vocabulary
impediments – obstacles
tempests – storms
sickle – a pole with a hook, used for farming grain

1. The second line of the sonnet contains which poetic device(s)?

2. “It is the star to every wandering bark” is an example of what literary device?

3. Why is “Time” capitalized in the ninth line of the poem?

4. How sure is Shakespeare of his beliefs about love? Cite evidence in your own words to
back up your statement.

5. How does the tone of this sonnet compare to that in Sir Thomas Wyatt’s poem, “The Lover
Showeth How He is Forsaken of Such as He Sometime Enjoyed”?

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