1 How many lines are in this poem? 8 12 14 10 2 What is the poem's form? Sestina Italian sonnet Villanelle English 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? 3 1 4 7 5 What types of stanzas are in this poem? Quatrains and a couplet Sestets and a couplet Tercets and a couplet Quintains and a couplet 6 What is this poem's primary meter? Iambic pentameter Spondaic monometer Iambic hexameter Trochaic trimeter 7 In which way does the poem's final line differ from the previous ones? It is longer It does not differ in a significant way It does not rhyme with any other lines It is written in anapests 8 Where is the poem's volta? At the beginning of the poem After line 12 After line 10 After line 2 9 Where is the poem set? In a dreamlike fantasy world On a boat as sailors change shifts In the speaker's bedroom By the ocean at nightfall 10 What best describes the poem's mood? Disgusted Pleading Teasing Ominous 11 What movement can this poem best be considered part of? The Englightenment Romanticism The Renaissance Modernism 12 Which idea does the speaker express skepticism about? Reason Innocence Domesticity Transcendence 13 The speaker compares the light of ships to which of the following? Dragon's breath Fairy fires Goblin's eyes Witch's hearths 14 Which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree with? It's essential to be logical and objective Parenthood is about preparing your children, not sheltering them Your friends are your most important possession Life is always going to be uncertain and unpredictable 15 Which of the following motifs appear most prominently in the poem? The arts Nature Domesticity Urban life 16 Which device appears most frequently in this poem? Personification Apostrophe Caesura Dramatic irony 17 Which of the following appears in the line “Save where is heard the repercussive roar”? Sarcasm Assonance Alliteration Oxymoron 18 Which sound contributes to alliteration in the line “Of rocks remote; or still more distant tone”? M R S T 19 Which phrase contains assonance? "All is black shadow" "bidding 'Strike the bell!'" "Huge vapours brood" "such the dubious ray" 20 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA ABBA CDDC CDDC EFFE ABA CDC EFE GHG ABAB CDCD ABAB CD ABAB CDCD EFEF GG 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 speaker's sarcastic suggestion that life is easy The fact that the speaker is dying, but doesn't know it yet 22 Which of the following lines contains personification? "Or where afar the ship-lights faintly shine" "Misled the pilgrim – such the dubious ray" "seamen in the anchored bark that tell" "Huge vapours brood above the clifted shore" 23 Which two end words create slant rhyme? tone/alone shore/roar mute/foot sand/land 24 When was this poem written? Around 1750 Around 1800 Around 2000 Around 1920 25 Which phrase is an example of synecdoche? "Night on the ocean settles dark and mute," "the lucid line / Marked by the light surf" "one deep voice alone / Singing the hour" "That wavering reason lends in life’s long darkling way."