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