"The Sea" By James Reeves

Which line from the poem offers clues that there was a storm that occurred?

• And when the night wind roars

• The sea is a hungry dog

• So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores

• When even the grasses on the dune

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Which statement best describes the poem?

• The poet creates irony by creating a parallel between the sea and a dog

• The poet uses personification to make the sea seem like a hungry dog

• The poet uses an extended metaphor to describe the unpredictable sea to an untamed dog

• The poet uses imagery to describe the waves of the sea

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What is the theme of the poem?

• The power of nature; no matter what a human does, nature will always prevail

• The age of innocence; nature will always be innocent

• Don't judge a book by its cover; even though we cannot control nature, we should not be angered by it

• Stay away from the sea. It is a dangerous thing

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What is the point of view of the narrator?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

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Describe the mood in the first stanza -

• Calm

• Uplifting

• Gloomy

• Angry

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In the first stanza, the author uses words like "clashing" and "gnaws" which shows the reader's extent of -

• How unpredictable the sea is

• The hunger of the dog

• The way the dog eats

• How angry the sea is

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In the second stanza, words like "bounds" and "howls" gives off more of what kind of tone?

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

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The author uses a lot of what in the third stanza to emphasize a peaceful atmosphere -

• Metaphors

• Rhyme

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

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All of the following words from the poem are examples of onomatopoeia EXCEPT -

• Rumbling

• Moan

• Tumbling

• Dune

"The Sea is a hungry dog" is an example of what literary device?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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