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Interboro
Institute
Practice
Literary Analysis on Poetry
Each set of questions addresses some features
of the literary selection that may be distinctive or even unique. For
example, because this poem presents a complex reading task, the set
includes some questions that focus on the meaning of specific words or
lines in order to measure your ability to read and understand the poem
accurately.
Read the following poem carefully before you
choose your answers.
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Against
that time (if ever that time come)
When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Called to that audit by advised respects—
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(5)
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Against
that time when thou shalt strangely pass,
And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity—
Against that time do I ensconce me here
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Line
(10)
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Within
the knowledge of mine own desert,
And this my hand against myself uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on thy part.
To leave poor me thou has the strength of laws,
Since why to love I can allege no cause.
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(1609)
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The speaker of the poem is addressing
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