Information and IdeasHardQuotation supporting a claim about a poem's imagery
Information and Ideas practice question
A critic argues that the poem describes the harbour town as if it were a living creature.
Which quotation from the poem would best support the critic's claim?
- A. 'The town breathes out its boats at dawn and breathes them in at dusk, / its harbour mouth half open in its sleep.'Correct
- B. 'The harbour has a stone wall and a light.'
- C. 'The boats go out at dawn and come back at dusk.'
- D. 'The town is old, and cold in winter.'
Answer: A. 'The town breathes out its boats at dawn and breathes them in at dusk, / its harbour mouth half open in its sleep.'
Breathing boats in and out, a mouth half open in sleep: the town as a creature.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'The harbour has a stone wall and a light.'
- Plain description.
- C. 'The boats go out at dawn and come back at dusk.'
- Plain statement of the boats' movements.
- D. 'The town is old, and cold in winter.'
- No living image.
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