Richard II Literary Devices Quiz

Richard’s description of his mirror breaking represents which device?

When Richard’s fall is compared to the fall of Lucifer, which device is used?

When Gaunt’s dying words become prophetic, what device is used?

In Richard’s line “Down, down I come, like glistering Phaethon,” what device is used?

When the Queen imagines the future as “weeping hours,” what device is that?

The contrast between Richard’s divine belief in kingship and his human weakness represents what?

The term “dear earth of England” demonstrates which device?

The mirror scene relies heavily on what device?

Richard’s reflection on power and mortality shows which recurring device?

What literary device dominates Richard’s “sad stories of the death of kings” speech?

The play’s frequent references to “blood” as lineage employ what device?

The description “The land is full of weeds” symbolizes what device?

The phrase “the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king” is an example of what?

When Richard refers to himself as “unking’d by Bolingbroke,” what device is shown?

The use of gardens and decay throughout the play represents what?

When the Queen says “some unborn sorrow,” what device does she use?

When Richard calls himself “a mockery king of snow,” which device is this?

When the gardener compares England to a neglected garden, which device is this?

When Richard’s words contrast his actions, which device is evident?

When York calls Bolingbroke’s return “bold rebellion,” what device is present?

When Gaunt refers to England as a “teeming womb of royal kings,” what device appears?

When Bolingbroke is described as “the caterpillar of the commonwealth,” what device is used?

The play’s alternation between verse and prose represents what literary feature?

When Richard compares himself to the sun setting, what device is used?

In the line “Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs,” what device is dominant?

John of Gaunt’s “This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England” uses which device?

The play’s focus on speech, silence, and authority primarily illustrates what?

When Carlisle warns that Bolingbroke’s usurpation will bring chaos, what device is used?

The frequent references to “time” in the play serve as what?

When Richard personifies the earth as mourning his fall, which device is used?