Sketch poem

Identify an example of Personification.

• The shadows of the ships

  Rock on the crest

• the tardy and the soft inrolling tide

• wavelets crumble

• Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt

• The lucid and endless wrinkles

Identify an example of hyperbole.

• The lucid endless wrinkles

• A long brown bar at the dip of the sky

• Rocking on the crest

Identify an example of metaphor.

• Rocking on the crest

• Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt

• Wavelets crumble

• The shadows of the ships

Find two examples of alliteration.

• wavelets, waves

• shadows , ships

• brown, bar

• lapse, low

• low, lustre

Why did the poet use repetition?

• It emphases that the poet feels relieved.

• It represents the beauty of the scene

• It represents the occurring sounds of the tide

How is imagery used in this poem?

• olfactory imagery to describe the smell of the salty sea

• visual imagery to describe the sand, the sea, the ships and the waves

• auditory imagery to describe the sound of the ships

What is the mood?

• gloomy and sorrowful... makes us feel depressed and pessimistic

• peaceful and calm ... makes us feel relaxed, relieved

• tranquil... makes us feel serene