1 How many lines are in this poem? 8 12 10 14 2 What is the poem's form? English sonnet Sestina Villanelle Italian sonnet 3 Who is this poem's speaker? A schoolboy A sailor on the night shift The speaker is not identified An old woman 4 How many stanzas are in the poem? 4 3 7 1 5 What types of stanzas are in this poem? Sestets and a couplet Quatrains and a couplet Quintains and a couplet Tercets 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 12 After line 2 After line 10 At the beginning of the poem 9 Where is the poem set? In the speaker's bedroom On a boat as sailors change shifts In a dreamlike fantasy world By the ocean at nightfall 10 What best describes the poem's mood? Disgusted Ominous Pleading Teasing 11 What movement can this poem best be considered part of? The Englightenment The Renaissance Romanticism Modernism 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? Fairy fires Dragon's breath Witch's hearths Goblin's eyes 14 Which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree with? Your friends are your most important possession Life is always going to be uncertain and unpredictable It's essential to be logical and objective Parenthood is about preparing your children, not sheltering them 15 Which of the following motifs appear most prominently in the poem? Urban life Domesticity Nature The arts 16 Which device appears most frequently in this poem? Apostrophe Personification Caesura Dramatic irony 17 Which of the following appears in the line “Save where is heard the repercussive roar”? Alliteration Sarcasm Oxymoron Assonance 18 Which sound contributes to alliteration in the line “Of rocks remote; or still more distant tone”? S R M T 19 Which phrase contains assonance? "bidding 'Strike the bell!'" "Huge vapours brood" "such the dubious ray" "All is black shadow" 20 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ABAB CDCD ABAB CD ABBA ABBA CDDC CDDC EFFE ABA CDC EFE GHG 21 Which is an example of irony in the poem? The fact that the speaker is dying, but doesn't know it yet The personification of objects that are actually lifeless The speaker's sarcastic suggestion that life is easy 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" "Huge vapours brood above the clifted shore" "Misled the pilgrim – such the dubious ray" 23 Which two end words create slant rhyme? sand/land mute/foot shore/roar tone/alone 24 When was this poem written? Around 1920 Around 2000 Around 1750 Around 1800 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"