Language

• What literary device is used in the phrase ‘Of cloudless climes’?

  Alliteration
• How does alliteration affect the reader's perception in poetry?

  It emphasizes the poet’s emotions through sound
• Which repeated vowel sound is highlighted in the words ‘night’, ‘climes’, ‘skies’, ‘bright’, 'eyes', ‘light’, and ‘denies’?


  The vowel sound 'i'
• What is the significance of placing certain words at the ends of the lines?

  It draws attention to those words
• What literary device is exemplified by the phrase ‘One shade the more, one ray the less’?

  Antithesis
• How does antithesis contribute to the poem's meaning?

  It highlights the speaker's confusion about beauty
• What does the use of opposites in antithesis suggest about the speaker's feelings?

  It suggests a struggle to describe beauty
• What does enjambment convey about the speaker's emotions?

  It suggests urgency in expressing admiration
• Which adjectives are used to describe the woman’s beauty?

  Calm, sweet, tender
• How do the adjectives contribute to the reader's image of the woman?

  They create a full mental image of beauty
• What is emphasized by the repetition of ‘so soft, so calm’?

  The extent of the woman's qualities
• What effect does sibilance have in the phrase ‘starry skies’?

  It creates a soft, dreamy sound
• How does the sound created by sibilance reflect the poet's feelings?

  It reflects a sense of being starstruck