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1. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?

Elegy.

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

The Exeter Book.

3. Per the Broadview editors (16-17), when is “The Seafarer” believed to have been written?

The late 900s CE.

4. How many stressed / emphasized syllables occur in the opening comment of the poem, “I sing a true song of myself” (l. 1)?

3.

5. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?

Alliteration.

6. Which of the following does the narrator “come to know / on the keel of a ship” (ll. 5-6)?

Care's dwellings.

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