a. I hope you had the entire story poem to read. Analyzing excerpts is nasty stuff. The gleaming light when seen from see is either another ship, or a lighted bouy (usually a warning), or a lighhouse (for naviagation and warning of shore).
b. << Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close together) have the same first consonant sound. For example, “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases.>> Where does that occur here?
There were much more questions than this but these 2 are the main ones. Thank you for helping!
Down came the storm, and struck hard
The vessel in its strength;
She shuddered and paused, like a frightened steed,
Then leaped her cable's length.
"O father! I see a gleaming light,
Oh say, what may it be?"
But the father answered never a word,
A frozen corpse was he.
Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark,
With his face turned to the skies,
The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow
On his fixed and glassy eyes.
4) What do you think the gleaming light was?
5) Write down the alliterative phrase that describes the skipper's frozen corpse.
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Bobpursley is right. Dealing only with an excerpt is not great.
Does this have a title and author?
Does this have a title and author?
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