Throughout the poem, Matthew Arnold, intertwines the narrator with the sea and the stars. Which of the following interactions is NOT used to create the poems theme of self-dependence?
A) Arnold establishes the connection in the first stanza with the narrator aboard a boat on the starlit sea.
B) the narrator asks the sea and the stars to help him
C) the air-born voice directs the narrator to live like the stars and sea.
D) the narrator affirms the air-born voice’s wisdom and thanks to sea and stars for their guidance
1 answer
B) the narrator asks the sea and the stars to help him