a valediction of weeping

Question 1

Meter

Answer 1

iambic pentameter
dimeter
trochee (line 1)

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

3 stanzas
9 lines
stanzas look like tears

Question 3

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 3

ABBACCDDD

Question 4

Conceits

Answer 4

Coins metaphor
-For thy face coins them, and thy stamp they bear, / And by this mintage they are something worth (3-4).
Fruit Metaphor
-Pregnant of thee (6)
-Fruits of much griefs they are, emblems of more
Globe metaphor
-On a round ball
-An Europe, A fric, and and Asia
-A globe, yea world, by that impression grow

Question 5

Microcosms/Macrocosms

Answer 5

Microcosm- tears
Macrocosm- perfect circle

Question 6

Paradox

Answer 6

“Whoe’er sighs most is cruellest, and hastes the other’s death” (27).
-breath usually associated with life, not death