Vocabulary-Focused Questions
In these texts, “exile” most often represents:
Isolation, sorrow, and personal reflection
The poem shifts from description of hardships to:
b) A spiritual reflection on life and eternity
In The Wife’s Lament, “tone” refers to:
The speaker’s attitude or mood conveyed through the text
What does the sea symbolize in the poem?
Danger and life’s hardships
The term “allegory” means:
A story that conveys a deeper symbolic or moral meaning
What literary device is frequently used in The Seafarer?
Alliteration
“Nominalization” is a literary device that:
Turns verbs or adjectives into nouns to create abstraction
What religious element appears in The Seafarer?
b) References to Christian salvation
The word “kenning” refers to:
A compound metaphor commonly used in Anglo-Saxon poetry
How does the speaker view worldly possessions?
b) They are temporary and insignificant