"Sea Fever"
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)