Cambridge IGCSE · Literature in English (0475)

Aphra Behn, ‘Song: Love Armed’: Practice Questions

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Question 1

1 mark

How is Love typically personified in Aphra Behn’s ‘Song: Love Armed’?

Question 2

1 mark

Which of the following best describes the paradoxical nature of the personified figure of Love in the second stanza of ‘Song: Love Armed’?

Question 3

1 mark

In Aphra Behn’s ‘Song: Love Armed’, what is the significance of the speaker’s claim that Love’s “triumphant” power is constructed from the specific attributes of the speaker and the nymph?

Question 4

1 mark

In the poem ‘Song: Love Armed’, what does the speaker suggest is the ultimate result of the "conspiracy" between the god of Love and the beloved nymph?

Question 5

1 mark

In the first stanza of ‘Song: Love Armed’, which "dreadful weapons" does the speaker (the "me") provide for Love to hold in his hand?

Question 6

2 marks

In Aphra Behn’s poem ‘Song: Love Armed’, what is suggested about the power of the beloved through the description of the arrows being ‘feathered’ with her sighs?

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Question 7

4 marks

How does Aphra Behn explain the source of the personified figure’s ‘cruelty’ in the poem ‘Song: Love Armed’?

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Question 8

4 marks

Explain the paradox presented in the title and opening lines of Aphra Behn’s ‘Song: Love Armed’ regarding the nature of Love.

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Question 9

3 marks

In the first stanza of Aphra Behn’s ‘Song: Love Armed’, how does the poet use the speaker's physical and emotional states to illustrate Love's power?

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Question 10

4 marks

In the second stanza of ‘Song: Love Armed’, examine how Behn describes the ‘nymph’s’ contribution to Love’s weaponry. What does the contrast between her contributions and the speaker's suggest about their dynamic?

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