1. The second sentence of the poem reads “Pinched with cold / were my feet, bound by frost / in cold fetters, while cares seethed / hot around my heart, hunger tore from within / my sea-weary mind” (ll. 8-12). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Passant.
(d) Pointillism.

2. What does the narrator describe as urging his spirit onwards (l. 36)?
(a) His soul's caress.
(b) His father's fury.
(c) His beloved's blessing.
(d) His heart's desire.

3. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?
(a) Coder flatterers.
(b) Cold fetters.
(c) Cold feathers.
(d) Cod fetters.

4. The narrator claims to be doubted by which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) He who furnished commencement gowns.
(b) He who has tasted life’s joy in towns.
(c) She who knows the old wisdom.
(d) His own heart and mind.

5. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that “Storms beat the stone cliffs where the tern answered them, / icy-feathered; often the eagle screamed, / dewy-feathered” (ll. 23-25). The passage offers an example of which of the following?

2. The narrator describes his doubter as which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

3. In line 30, “have often had to endure in my seafaring,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

4. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?

5. What musician does the narrator claim to have heard (ll. 19-20)?

(see the answer key)

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