"The wetter ground like glass" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
200
The audience is an example of this.
What is the person who the author is speaking to?
200
Water is an example of this.
What is a motif?
300
"As long as it takes to pass/ A ship keeps raising its hull;/ The wetter ground like glass/ Reflects a standing gull" is an example of this." (Hint: some words have emphasis on them)
What is rhythm?
300
The last two lines, "But when was that ever a bar/ To any watch they keep," are an example of this.
What is enjambment?
300
The poet is an example of this.
What is the speaker?
300
Gloomy, insightful, and hopeful are examples of this.
What is tone?
400
"They cannot look out far./ They cannot look in deep./ But when was that ever a bar/ To any watch they keep" is an example of this.
What is irony?
400
The second and fourth lines, "All turn and look one way" and "They look at the sea all day," are examples of this.
What is a hyperbole?
400
"They turn their back on the land./ They look at the sea all day" is an example of this. (Hint: this is what is happening)