"Columbus" by Joaquin Miller

What is the primary theme topic of the poem?

• Friendship
  

• 
  Perseverance
  

• 
  Fear
  

• Greed

Why do the men grow "mutinous day by day"?

• They are afraid of the sea monsters
  

• They miss their homes
  

• They are tired of sailing without sighting land
  

• They have no food

What is the primary poetic device the poet employs to make his point?

• personification

• metaphor

• repetition

• simile

Which poetic device is primarily used in each line?

• alliteration

• The words leapt like a leaping sword

• assonance

•  My men grow ghastly wan and weak

• metaphor

• Then spake the mate

• simile

• This mad sea shows his teeth tonight

• personification

• Before him not the ghost of shores

"A leader inspires others to keep going" might be a BLANK of the poem

What emotion is conveyed by the mate's "ghastly wan and weak" appearance?

• joy

• anger

• sickness

• fear

Which line from the poem best illustrates determination?

• "Behind him lay the gray Azores"
  

• "For lo! the very stars are gone"
  

• "These very winds forget their way"

• "Sail on! sail on! and on!"
  

What is the mood of the poem when the "speck" of light is seen?

• Despair
  

• Relief
  

• Confusion
  

• Anger

Categorize each of the lines below.

Groups:

(a) Dependent Clauses

,

(b) Independent Clauses

,

(c) Prepositional Phrases

• Then spake the mate

•  Behind the Gates of Hercules

•  If we sight naught but seas at dawn

• a spray

   Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek

  
  a spray

   Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek

  
  

• from these dead seas

• as winds might blow

  
  as winds might blow,

  
  

What is the significance of the "light" mentioned in the poem?

• It symbolizes hope and discovery
  

• It represents a lighthouse
  

• It is a signal from another ship
  

• It is the moonlight