1 How many lines are in this poem? 8 12 14 10 2 What is the poem's form? Sestina Villanelle English sonnet Italian sonnet 3 Who is this poem's speaker? An old woman A schoolboy A sailor on the night shift The speaker is not identified 4 How many stanzas are in the poem? 1 3 4 7 5 What types of stanzas are in this poem? Tercets and a couplet Quatrains and a couplet Sestets and a couplet Quintains and a couplet 6 What is this poem's primary meter? Spondaic monometer Iambic hexameter Iambic pentameter Trochaic trimeter 7 In which way does the poem's final line differ from the previous ones? It does not rhyme with any other lines It is longer It does not differ in a significant way It is written in anapests 8 Where is the poem's volta? After line 10 At the beginning of the poem After line 2 After line 12 9 Where is the poem set? In a dreamlike fantasy world On a boat as sailors change shifts In the speaker's bedroom By the ocean at nightfall 10 What best describes the poem's mood? Disgusted Teasing Ominous Pleading 11 What movement can this poem best be considered part of? Romanticism The Englightenment Modernism The Renaissance 12 Which idea does the speaker express skepticism about? Transcendence Domesticity Reason Innocence 13 The speaker compares the light of ships to which of the following? Fairy fires Goblin's eyes Witch's hearths Dragon's breath 14 Which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree with? Life is always going to be uncertain and unpredictable Parenthood is about preparing your children, not sheltering them Your friends are your most important possession It's essential to be logical and objective 15 Which of the following motifs appear most prominently in the poem? The arts Domesticity Nature Urban life 16 Which device appears most frequently in this poem? Caesura Dramatic irony Apostrophe Personification 17 Which of the following appears in the line “Save where is heard the repercussive roar”? Assonance Oxymoron Alliteration Sarcasm 18 Which sound contributes to alliteration in the line “Of rocks remote; or still more distant tone”? M R T S 19 Which phrase contains assonance? "All is black shadow" "bidding 'Strike the bell!'" "such the dubious ray" "Huge vapours brood" 20 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABA CDC EFE GHG ABAB CDCD ABAB CD ABBA ABBA CDDC CDDC EFFE ABAB CDCD EFEF GG 21 Which is an example of irony in the poem? The personification of objects that are actually lifeless The fact that the speaker is dying, but doesn't know it yet The speaker's argument that promises of certainty actually create confusion The speaker's sarcastic suggestion that life is easy 22 Which of the following lines contains personification? "Huge vapours brood above the clifted shore" "Or where afar the ship-lights faintly shine" "seamen in the anchored bark that tell" "Misled the pilgrim – such the dubious ray" 23 Which two end words create slant rhyme? tone/alone mute/foot sand/land shore/roar 24 When was this poem written? Around 1920 Around 1750 Around 1800 Around 2000 25 Which phrase is an example of synecdoche? "Night on the ocean settles dark and mute," "one deep voice alone / Singing the hour" "That wavering reason lends in life’s long darkling way." "the lucid line / Marked by the light surf"
