Question

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu. read this sonnet, and then complete the sentences that follow. sonnet 4 by edmund spenser be not dismayed that her unmoved mind doth still persist in her rebellious pride; and love not like to lusts of baser kind. the harder won, the firmer will abide. the durefull oak, whose sap is not yet dried, is long ere it conceive the kindling fire; but when it once doth burn, it doth divide, great heat, and makes his flames to heaven aspire. so hard it is to kindle new desire, in gentle breast that shall endure for ever: deep is the wound, that dints the parts entire with chaste affects, that naught but death can sever. then think not long in taking little pain, to knit the knot, that ever shall remain. the sonnet is written in the spenserian form. the rhyme scheme is abab bcbc cdcd ee. the main idea of the poem is how the poet has used the metaphor of burning an oak to emphasize how patient one needs to be when trying to win the love of a lady. he also uses the metaphor of the wound to emphasize the depth of love.

Explanation:

1. Edmund Spenser is known for his Spenserian sonnet form which has a specific rhyme - scheme and structure.
2. Analyzing the end - sounds of the lines in the sonnet gives the rhyme scheme.
3. The poem discusses love, the difficulty of winning it, and its endurance, which is the main idea.
4. The oak metaphor shows the long - term and patient process of winning love.
5. The metaphor of the wound emphasizes the deep and lasting nature of love.

Answer:

1. Spenserian
2. abab bcbc cdcd ee
3. Love is hard to win but endures
4. oak
5. wound