Information and IdeasHardQuotation supporting a claim about a poem's structure
Information and Ideas practice question
A critic argues that the poem's speaker addresses the sea as if it were a person.
Which quotation from the poem would best support the critic's claim?
- A. 'You took my brother and gave back his boat; / I have not forgiven you, and you do not care.'Correct
- B. 'The sea was grey and the wind was from the east.'
- C. 'We buried him in the churchyard above the bay.'
- D. 'The boat was found a mile along the shore.'
Answer: A. 'You took my brother and gave back his boat; / I have not forgiven you, and you do not care.'
'You took … you do not care': the sea addressed and blamed as a person.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'The sea was grey and the wind was from the east.'
- Description, no address.
- C. 'We buried him in the churchyard above the bay.'
- Narration.
- D. 'The boat was found a mile along the shore.'
- Narration.
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