The Shell by James Stephens

The poet of 'The Shell' is

• Edward Braithwaite

• Edward Teach

• James Stephens

• John Shell

The settings of the poem is

• the deep blue ocean or a sandy pond

• a beach filled with shells or a pool

• an island in the Caribbean or a water park

• an imagined beach or inside the shell

This poem has __________ stanzas and ____________ lines.

• 10 stanzas and 30 lines

• 30 stanzas and 10 lines

• 25 stanzas and 15 lines

• 12 stanzas and 15 lines

The rhyme flow of the poem is symbolic of

• liquid gently falling

• waves and water movement

• insects quietly marching

• the wind blowing

The line "And straightway, like a bell..." is BOTH an example of ________________ and _________________.

• sound imagery and a simile

• a simile and alliteration

• a simile and metaphor

• a personification and sight imagery

The word 'strand' in the line "It was a sunless stand that never bore..." is an example of

• a simile

• a metaphor

• a personification

• a hyperbole

The phrase 'rolling round' is an example of

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

• imagery

Identify an example of onomatopoeia below

• dreary

• breeze

• bubbling

• hush

The phrase 'cold tentacle of slimy grey' is an example of

• sight imagery and smell imagery

• touch imagery and sight imagery

• smell imagery and sound imagery

• sight imagery and taste

Which TONES can be identified in the poem?

• anger, disappointment, joy

• sadness, pain, fear

• hurt, joy, calm

• calm, fear, relief