2. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. The narrator remarks that “That man does not know, / he whose lot is fairest on land, / how I, wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile, / deprived of dear kinsmen, / hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers” (ll. 12-17). In the sentence, “I” is in apposition to which of the following?
(a) Paths of exile.
(b) Hail flew in showers.
(c) Deprived of dear kinsmen.
(d) Whose lot is fairest on land.

4. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?
(a) The sea.
(b) The laughter of men.
(c) Music.
(d) Mead-drink.

5. In line 28, “suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) Few.
(b) Believes.
(c) Sad.
(d) Journeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following is narrator deprived when he “wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile" (ll. 13-16)?

2. In line 37, “time and again to travel, so that I might seek,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?

3. In the phrase “he always has longing who hastens to sea” (l. 47), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

4. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?

5. The narrator comments about “the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men” (l. 21). The comment offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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