Aphra Behn, ‘Song: Love Armed’：練習題

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

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

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?

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?

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

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?

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

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

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?

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?