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Sonnet 143 Questions 1. Describe the scene Shakespeare presents at the beginning of the sonnet. 2. What do you think is the meaning of the following lines: “So runn'st thou after that which flies from thee,/Whilst I thy babe chase thee afar behind”? 3. This image and the meaning of #2 represent an extended metaphor. Explain the two things that Shakespeare is comparing. 4. What does the speaker want the woman to do at the end of the sonnet? 5. Bracket and label the quatrains and the couplet 6. Identify the rhyme scheme.

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Sonnet 143 Questions1. Describe the scene Shakespeare presents at the

beginning of the sonnet.2. What do you think is the meaning of the following

lines: “So runn'st thou after that which flies from thee,/Whilst I thy babe chase thee afar behind”?

3. This image and the meaning of #2 represent an extended metaphor. Explain the two things that Shakespeare is comparing.

4. What does the speaker want the woman to do at the end of the sonnet?

5. Bracket and label the quatrains and the couplet6. Identify the rhyme scheme.