Question

ANALYZE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE —“Idea: Sonnet 1,” by Michael Drayton
Read the poem. Then, answer the question(s).

Like an adventurous seafarer am I,

Who hath some long and dangerous voyage been;

And called to tell of his discovery,

How far he sailed, what countries he had seen;

(5) Proceeding from the port whence he put forth,

Shews by his compass how his course he steered,

When East, when West, when South, and when by North,

As how the Pole, to every place was reared;

What capes he doubled, of what continent,

(10)The gulfs and straits that strangely he had past;

Where most becalmed, where with foul weather spent,

And on what rocks in peril to be cast:

Thus in my Love, Time calls me to relate

My tedious travels, and oft-varying fate.

Multiple Choice Question
Which two lines from the poem provide the clearest examples of anaphora?
A.
lines 7 and 11
B.
lines 1 and 6
C.
lines 12 and 14
D.
lines 2 and 3

Answer 1

A. lines 7 and 11

Both lines repeat a word at the start of successive clauses — "When East, when West, when South…" (line 7) and "Where most becalmed, where with foul weather spent" (line 11) — which is anaphora.