the two poems are “aboard a ships helm by Walt Whitman and “the moon is distant from the sea” by Emily Dickinson
1. Both the Whitman poem and the Dickinson poem are examples of poetry that
abandons conventional rhyme and meter.
stresses the pangs of unrequited love.
praises the work of ordinary people.
captures the cadence of public speakers.
2. In the first stanza of the Whitman poem, the speaker describes
a young sailor steering a ship.
a rocky shore that inevitably wrecks ships.
a fog-bound ship approaching a reef.
the deceptive nature of many warnings.
3. In the last two lines of the Whitman poem, the speaker suggests that
all dangers can be avoided if we heed the warnings.
ocean voyages are filled with excitement.
the ship is loaded with pirated gold.
the human soul faces a difficult life journey.
4. In the Dickinson poem, the moon and the sea are metaphors for
uncaring and cold natural forces.
a strict teacher and a frightened pupil.
a loved one and the speaker.
the effect of a rising and falling tide.
5. Dickinson was known for using
slant rhyme
in her poems. Slant rhyme can be described as:
words rhyme exactly and appear at the ends of the lines.
poetry that does not have a set pattern of rhyme and rhythm.
words do not rhyme exactly (e.g., more/door; one/stone; soul/all).
rhyming words occur within a single line of the poem.
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