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