1 Which collection was "Train Journey" published in? The Moving Image in 1946 The Gateway in 1953 Born of the Conquerors in 1991 Woman to Man in 1949 2 What gets personified in the poem? The moon The train The land and the trees The sky 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 is in free verse The poem has fourteen lines The poem has slant rhymes 5 In subject matter, how does "Train Journey" resemble a sonnet? The speaker is angry that the moon is too bright. The speaker expresses love for nature. The speaker has a complicated relationship with her mother. The speaker is tortured because she cannot sleep. 6 What is the land compared to? The body of a woman and the figure of a mother. The land is a sentient being who hates humans. The land is the speaker's mother. The land is compared to a hostile attacker. 7 Which best describes the atmosphere in the poem? Relaxed Logical Inviting Dreamlike 8 Finish this quote: "your delicate dry breasts, country___" that broke my heart from which I was born that built my heart from which I come from 9 Define "glassed" Altered Attacked Enclosed To be observing 10 How is the train described? as an animal traveling north with guns the barren height cold confused hammering dark 11 What allows the speaker to observe the surrounding landscape? The train's lights Moonlight Sunlight Starlight 12 Which is an example of assonance? barren height box-tree poetry moved 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 The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. 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 14 Define "crosswise" an argument diagonally or transversely. the wisdom that comes from anger a Christian cross 15 Which perspective is the poem written in? First and second-person Omniscient third-person Third-person First-person 16 Which words best describe the way the speaker addresses the trees? Bosses, Instructs Asks, Implores Begs, Yells Instructs, Beseeches 17 What does the speaker tell the trees to draw from the darkness? Cold sheets Breath of dew The ability to dance Crosswise currents 18 Is the speaker awake or asleep in this poem? At first, the speaker is somewhere in between sleep and wakefulness. Towards the end of the poem she apparently wakes up. Awake but in an altered state. Asleep and dreaming. Unspecified 19 How does the speaker convey concern for the environment? 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. By telling the trees they should grow in order for humans to use their wood. 20 What will happen if the trees "Draw from the flying dark its breath of dew"? The trees will reanimate themselves. The trees will exist in another dimension. Nothing will happen. The trees will die. 21 How does poetry ideally move, according to this poem? articulate, sharp, and purposeful divinely, serenely mysteriously, 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? dry flight a slender dance barren height crosswise currents 24 What is the speaker's role in the poem? The speaker is the vessel through which Nature communicates The speaker observes the landscape and responds to it. The speaker drives the train. The speaker observes the train. 25 What device helps convey the process of the speaker gradually waking up? Ellipses Parenthesis Exclamation Semi colon