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