The Tollund Man- Seamus Heaney

In what country is the setting of The Tollund Man?

• Norway

• Denmark

• Finland

• Sweden

The first stanza includes the words peat, pods and pointed. This poetic metalanguage is known as...

• Alliteration

• Enjambment

• Personification

• Metaphor

Who could be considered the "bride" in 'The Tollund Man'?

• his mother

• a Goddess

• no one

• the speaker

What is it that indicates that the speaker may be a person with religious beliefs?

• the 'risk of blasphemy'

• 'saints kept body'

• 'As he rode the tumbril'

• 'Not knowing their tongue'

How many versus are in each stanza of 'The Tollund Man'?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

'The Tollund Man' is considered a heavily enjambed poem. Why?

• There is not much rhyming

• It contains four versus per stanza

• There are no full stops

• Many of the verses are cut off before its natural stopping point

What is it that the reader desires from Tollund Man?

• Eternal hope

• To resurrect those that have died as part of 'The Troubles'

• To explain how he died

• To resurrect and harm those have harmed others

What makes the use of the term 'tumbril' anachronistic?

• Because it shows evidence of his knowledge of other times

• Because tumbrils were used at this time

• Because the audience would be familiar with this term and its 'morbid-like' use

• Because it is a French term and the poem has French influence.

In poetry terms, what is a iambic parameter?

• A word containing three syllables

• A word containing two stressed syllables

• A word containing an unstressed and stressed syllable

• A word containing two vowel syllables

What word is iambic in the verse "For miles along the lines"

• For

• Miles

• Along

• Lines