Q01of 10
The poem opens and closes with the same two lines. What effect does this repetition create?
Q02of 10
The line 'But now, our boat climbs--hesitates--drops--' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?
Q03of 10
Who is the 'Helmsman' addressed throughout the poem?
Q04of 10
The phrase 'your tang' in 'we forgot your tang' most likely refers to what?
Q05of 10
The dominant structural shift in the poem occurs with the word 'But.' What contrast does this pivot introduce?
Q06of 10
H.D. was a leading Imagist poet. Which quality in this poem most reflects Imagist principles?
Q07of 10
The tone of the inland sections of the poem can best be described as:
Q08of 10
The repeated phrase 'We forgot' performs which thematic function in the poem?
Q09of 10
What does the accumulation of items — 'hyssop and bramble,' 'leaf-mould and earth,' 'tree-resin, tree-bark' — primarily achieve in the poem?
Q10of 10
According to the poem, what did the speakers do while they were inland?
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