Poetic Techniques Review (The Sea)

The following is an example of which technique:

"Giant and grey"

"The sea is a hungry dog" is an example of:

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

The following is an example of which technique:

"So quiet, so quiet"

What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza:

And when the night wind roars

And the moon rocks in the stormy cloud,

He bounds to his feet and snuffs and sniffs,

Shaking his wet sides over the cliffs,

And howls and hollos long and loud.

'But on quiet days in May or June,

When even the grasses on the dune

Play no more their reedy tune'

Based on the lines above, what techniques has been used to describe the grasses?

'But on quiet days in May or June,

When even the grasses on the dune

Play no more their reedy tune'

What do the lines above mean?

• The grass has withered and died in the winter

• It is hot and there is no breeze to blow the grass

• If you listen closely, the grass sounds like it is playing music

• None of the above

Which of these techniques is used in the following line:

'The giant sea-dog moans'?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• rhyme

• anthropomorphism

Who is the speaker in the poem 'The Sea'?

• A dog

• The sea

• An unnamed narrator

• Me, the reader

The sea is a hungry dog,

Giant and grey.

He rolls on the beach all day.

With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws

Hour upon hour he gnaws

The rumbling, tumbling stones,

And 'Bones, bones, bones, bones!

'The giant sea-dog moans,

Licking his greasy paws.

Which of the following is appropriate mood word for stanza 1?

• happy

• depressing

• frightful

• restless

The poem 'The Sea' uses an extended metaphor to describe attributes of the sea through a comparison to a dog.

Which of the following lines portrays the sea is calm?

• 'He rolls on the beach all day'

• 'He bounds to his feet and snuffs and sniffs'

• 'Licking his greasy paws'

• 'He lies on the sandy shores'