The speaker of the poem and the audience for the poem.
What is a soldier and a person safe at home.
100
The current problem the speaker has established in lines 1-4.
What is a need for revitalisation.
100
red, dark, shiny
What is visual imagery.
100
The word "ye" in line 1 refers to ________.
What is virgins.
100
Lines 5-8 can be translated into this simple meaning:
What is "I will never forget the moment of my captain's death."
200
The irony in line 9 of the poem.
What is "ecstasy of fumbling".
200
The figurative language devices used the most in the poem.
What is alliteration.
200
Loud, screech, BANG
What is sound imagery.
200
The figurative language device used in line 2.
What is personification.
200
Four words that both describe a victory celebration and a funeral.
What is "bells", "flag", "bugle", and "wreaths".
300
The chief purpose of the figurative language in the opening stanza.
What is: to deglamorize war (to make it lest attractive and romantic).
300
The poem shifts mood from despondent to serene at what point in the poem?
What is line 9.
300
Bitter, sweet, sour, bland.
What is taste imagery.
300
In this poem, ___________ are a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of youth and beauty.
What is rose-buds
300
In lines 19-20, the ship is like the captain in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
(a) the have both ended their heroic journeys
(b) they have achieved their goals
(c) they are both metaphors
(d) they have both arrived home safely
(e) they are both celebrated
What is (d) they have both arrived home safely.
400
A shift of tone happens at this point in the poem.
What is the third stanza, line 15.
400
The rhyme scheme of the first stanza.
What is abba.
400
Rough, smooth, velvety, silky, cold.
What is touch imagery.
400
The word "tarry" in line 16 most likely means:
What is to delay.
400
The captain in the poem is most likely:
(a) a metaphor for a nation's leader
(b) an excellent seafarer who has suddenly died
(c) a metaphor for the speaker's father
(d) a symbol of the mighty naval industry
(e) the speaker himself
What is (a) a metaphor for a nation's leader.
500
___________ (word in the poem) could best be replaced with the word "nightmares".
What is "dreams".
500
The rhyme scheme of the second stanza.
What is acca.
500
Match the formal imagery names to the sense they appeal to:
Visual, Tactile, Gustatory, Olfactory, Auditory
What is
Visual - see
Tactile - touch
Gustatory - taste
Olfactory - smell
Auditory - hear
500
The major theme of the poem can best be summarised as:
What is "carpe diem", or seize the day.
500
The poem moves from a sense of denial in the second segment to a state of ____________ by the end.