1 Which collection was "Train Journey" published in? Woman to Man in 1949 The Gateway in 1953 The Moving Image in 1946 Born of the Conquerors in 1991 2 What gets personified in the poem? The sky The moon The train The land and the trees 3 What is the form? Blank verse, resembles a Petrarchan sonnet Free verse, resembles a Petrarchan sonnet Blank verse, resembles an English sonnet Free verse, resembles an English sonnet 4 How is the poem different than a sonnet? The poem has an extra couplet The poem has slant rhymes The poem has fourteen lines The poem is in free verse 5 In subject matter, how does "Train Journey" resemble a sonnet? The speaker is tortured because she cannot sleep. The speaker expresses love for nature. The speaker has a complicated relationship with her mother. The speaker is angry that the moon is too bright. 6 What is the land compared to? The land is the speaker's mother. The land is compared to a hostile attacker. The land is a sentient being who hates humans. The body of a woman and the figure of a mother. 7 Which best describes the atmosphere in the poem? Dreamlike Logical Relaxed Inviting 8 Finish this quote: "your delicate dry breasts, country___" from which I come from that broke my heart from which I was born that built my heart 9 Define "glassed" To be observing Altered Enclosed Attacked 10 How is the train described? cold the barren height as an animal traveling north with guns confused hammering dark 11 What allows the speaker to observe the surrounding landscape? Moonlight The train's lights Sunlight Starlight 12 Which is an example of assonance? dry flight poetry moved barren height box-tree 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 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 The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. 14 Define "crosswise" an argument a Christian cross the wisdom that comes from anger diagonally or transversely. 15 Which perspective is the poem written in? First and second-person First-person Omniscient third-person Third-person 16 Which words best describe the way the speaker addresses the trees? Instructs, Beseeches Bosses, Instructs Asks, Implores Begs, Yells 17 What does the speaker tell the trees to draw from the darkness? The ability to dance Breath of dew Crosswise currents Cold sheets 18 Is the speaker awake or asleep in this poem? Asleep and dreaming. Unspecified Awake but in an altered state. At first, the speaker is somewhere in between sleep and wakefulness. Towards the end of the poem she apparently wakes up. 19 How does the speaker convey concern for the environment? By praying for the survival of flora and fauna. By criticizing human activity that has led to drought. By telling the trees they should grow in order for humans to use their wood. By intimately addressing the land and urging the trees to claim their strength. 20 What will happen if the trees "Draw from the flying dark its breath of dew"? The trees will reanimate themselves. Nothing will happen. The trees will die. The trees will exist in another dimension. 21 How does poetry ideally move, according to this poem? dreamlike, consciouss articulate, sharp, and purposeful divinely, serenely mysteriously, purposeful 22 What famous Australian poem is alluded to in "Train Journey"? Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" Kenneth Slessor's "Five Bells" Henry Lawson's "Up the Country" Banjo Paterson's "Clancy of the Overflow" 23 Which is an example of alliteration? barren height crosswise currents a slender dance dry flight 24 What is the speaker's role in the poem? The speaker observes the landscape and responds to it. The speaker observes the train. The speaker drives the train. The speaker is the vessel through which Nature communicates 25 What device helps convey the process of the speaker gradually waking up? Semi colon Ellipses Exclamation Parenthesis