| A | B |
|---|
| Imagery | sensory language that appeals to the senses: touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell |
| Foil | a character who sets off another character by strong contrast |
| Private words | an aside |
| Central idea or insight | theme |
| Assonance | bent double like old beggars under sacks |
| Choice of words | voice |
| Long speech | soliloquy |
| What is the form of this poem? | Shakespearean sonnet |
| Reread lines 3 and 4. Which figure of speech is contained in these lines? | symbol |
| Giving a pen power such as in line 2: "Before my pen has glean'd my teeing brain" is an example of which literary element? | personification |
| Which lines in the poem represent a couplet? | lines 13 and 14 |
| What is the rhyme scheme of "When I Have Fears?" | ababcdcdefefgg |
| What does the speaker fear? | melancholy and regretful |
| What does the speaker fear? | He fears that he may die before he is able to fulfill his desires and dreams. |
