1 Which collection was "Train Journey" published in? The Moving Image in 1946 Born of the Conquerors in 1991 The Gateway in 1953 Woman to Man in 1949 2 What gets personified in the poem? The sky The land and the trees The moon The train 3 What is the form? Free verse, resembles a Petrarchan sonnet Blank verse, resembles a Petrarchan sonnet Free verse, resembles an English sonnet Blank verse, resembles an English sonnet 4 How is the poem different than a sonnet? The poem has an extra couplet The poem has slant rhymes The poem has fourteen lines The poem is in free verse 5 In subject matter, how does "Train Journey" resemble a sonnet? The speaker has a complicated relationship with her mother. The speaker is tortured because she cannot sleep. The speaker is angry that the moon is too bright. The speaker expresses love for nature. 6 What is the land compared to? The land is the speaker's mother. The land is a sentient being who hates humans. The land is compared to a hostile attacker. The body of a woman and the figure of a mother. 7 Which best describes the atmosphere in the poem? Logical Inviting Relaxed Dreamlike 8 Finish this quote: "your delicate dry breasts, country___" from which I was born from which I come from that built my heart that broke my heart 9 Define "glassed" To be observing Attacked Altered Enclosed 10 How is the train described? as an animal traveling north with guns the barren height confused hammering dark cold 11 What allows the speaker to observe the surrounding landscape? Moonlight The train's lights Starlight Sunlight 12 Which is an example of assonance? poetry moved barren height box-tree dry flight 13 What is assonance? The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible A tool of figurative language where an image, idea, object or symbol is used to represent something other than its literal meaning A common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. 14 Define "crosswise" the wisdom that comes from anger an argument a Christian cross diagonally or transversely. 15 Which perspective is the poem written in? First-person Omniscient third-person Third-person First and second-person 16 Which words best describe the way the speaker addresses the trees? Bosses, Instructs Begs, Yells Instructs, Beseeches Asks, Implores 17 What does the speaker tell the trees to draw from the darkness? Cold sheets Breath of dew Crosswise currents The ability to dance 18 Is the speaker awake or asleep in this poem? Awake but in an altered state. At first, the speaker is somewhere in between sleep and wakefulness. Towards the end of the poem she apparently wakes up. Asleep and dreaming. Unspecified 19 How does the speaker convey concern for the environment? By telling the trees they should grow in order for humans to use their wood. By criticizing human activity that has led to drought. By intimately addressing the land and urging the trees to claim their strength. By praying for the survival of flora and fauna. 20 What will happen if the trees "Draw from the flying dark its breath of dew"? Nothing will happen. The trees will reanimate themselves. The trees will die. The trees will exist in another dimension. 21 How does poetry ideally move, according to this poem? divinely, serenely mysteriously, purposeful articulate, sharp, and purposeful dreamlike, consciouss 22 What famous Australian poem is alluded to in "Train Journey"? Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" Henry Lawson's "Up the Country" Kenneth Slessor's "Five Bells" Banjo Paterson's "Clancy of the Overflow" 23 Which is an example of alliteration? barren height a slender dance crosswise currents dry flight 24 What is the speaker's role in the poem? The speaker drives the train. The speaker observes the landscape and responds to it. The speaker is the vessel through which Nature communicates The speaker observes the train. 25 What device helps convey the process of the speaker gradually waking up? Semi colon Exclamation Parenthesis Ellipses
