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1. State what the poem is about.
2. What word, in stanza 1, tells the reader that the persona has returned to the island? 3. Quote the alliteration in stanza 1. How does it accentuate the persona's joy at his return to the island? 4. Where has the persona travelled to? 5. Quote one literary device, from stanza 1, and identify it. How does this literary device capture the persona's homesickness? 6. 'We who are born of the ocean can never seek solace in rivers'. Explain this phrase. 7. Explain stanza 4. 8. What is the tone of stanzas 1 and 5? Explain the reason for your choice. 9. What is the tone of stanzas 3 and 4? Explain your choice. 10. 'And gulls, white sails slanted seaward fly into the limitless sky'. Explain these lines. |
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Contributor: Leisa Samuels-Thomas
