Q01of 10
The poem opens with the sea described as "straining to wreck men, sea-boards, continents." What is the primary purpose of this violent opening?
Q02of 10
Which of the following best describes the poem's overall structure?
Q03of 10
The speaker says each 'god-like name spoken / is as a shrine in a godless place.' This image primarily suggests that:
Q04of 10
In the third section, the speaker says 'our hearts break but to speak / your name, Oknaleos.' What does this reveal about the speaker's emotional state?
Q05of 10
Many of the heroes' names are immediately followed by their literal Greek meanings—for example, 'Nauteus, sea-man' and 'Prumneos, stern-of-ship.' What technique does this create?
Q06of 10
The heroes in the poem are drawn primarily from Homer's Phaeacians. What thematic significance does this allusion carry?
Q07of 10
In the final stanza, the speaker asks 'What wave, what love, what foam, / for Ooos who moves swift as the sea?' The tone here is best described as:
Q08of 10
The phrase 'crash on crash of great names' in the middle of the hero-catalogue mirrors the poem's opening 'crash on crash of the sea.' This repetition is an example of:
Q09of 10
Which statement best paraphrases the claim made in the stanza beginning 'Of all nations, of all cities'?
Q10of 10
The image of 'oar-blades, cut out of mountain-trees / as such men might have shaped' contributes to what recurring theme?
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