Sea Fever Connotations

What lines from the poem best shows how the sea allows the speaker to have complementary freedom?

• "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by/And the wheel's kick and the wind's strong song and the white sail's shaking."(2, 3)

• "And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying/And the flung spray and the blown spume, and sea-gulls crying." (7, 8)

• "I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life/To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;" (9, 10)

• "And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover/And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over." (11, 12)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What TWO literary devices does this example use: “To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife”?

• Personification and repetition

• Metaphor and symbolism

• Alliteration and simile

• Simile and symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which connotation does this line belong to “the wind’s like a whetted knife” (10)?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does “to the lonely sea and sky” suggest about the poet?

• The poet desperately wants to travel out to sea without anyone’s company

• The poet needs someone’s company for going out to sea

• The poet is happy to go to the sea

• The sea is so clear no one is there

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which of the following literary device is presented on line 5 and 6? - “I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.”

• Oxymoron

• Enjambment

• Caesura

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which line represents symbolism? Choose the BEST answer.

• “And a grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking” (4)

• “Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied” (6)

• “I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and sky” (1)

• “And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying” (7)

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What literary device does this example use: “And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking”?

• Personification 

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What literary device is “a wild call and clear call that can not be denied”?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What literary device is being used in “I must go down to the seas again”? (1,5,9)

• Repetition

• Simile

• Imagery

• Symbolism

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which line uses personification?

• “To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife”

• “I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life”

• “Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied”

• “And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking”

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5