"Sea Fever"

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This poem also contains Words or phrases that use description to create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind also called ______ and the repetition of consonant sounds in a group of words close together which is referred to as __________.

alliteration

Masefield was an ________ on a sailing ship at age 15.

apprentice

Masefield was a ______ Poet.

british

In Line 12: sleep= _______,and dream = life after ________.

death, death

He compares the sea wind to a sharpened ________, implying that life at sea is _____.

knife, hard

He was poet _____ of England _____ years.

laureate, 37

He describes life at sea as "the vagrant gypsy life", which suggests that he sees the sea as a wandering ______ without attachments.

life

The speaker has strong attachments to all facets of sea _____ and wishes to return to it.

life

The _______ of the sea , the feel of the _____ and the ______ spray beckon to him which makes him wish to return to the sea.

loneliness, wind, salt

Repetition of "all I ask" suggests ______.

needs

After his exciting life at sea is over, the speaker looks forward to a _______ life.

peaceful

Stating "lonely sea," and "sea's face" are examples of ________>

personification

"I must go down to the seas again" is a _______ repeated at the beginning of each stanza.

refrain

The ______ emphasizes the idea that the speaker feels compelled to go the sea again.

refrain

Stating the refrain again and again is an example of ________.

repition

The subject matter is longing to go out to _____.

sea

Speaker is an experienced ______ who has been ashore too long and feels the need to return to the sea.

seaman

"Sea Fever" is one of the most famous ________ poems in the English language.

sound

Repetition of "must" suggests ________.

urgency

"w" and "wh" sound mimic the sound of the _____

wind

The tone is __________ because he wants to return but is not sure he can.

wistful

"Sea Fever" was written by _______ ________.

John Masefield

What is the subject matter of this poem??

Longing (to go to the sea)


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