Read the following prompt and type your response in the space provided.

Read the following excerpt from the poem "The Inchcape Rock":

No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,

The ship was still as she could be;

Her sails from heaven received no motion,

Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Without either sign or sound of their shock,

The waves flow'd over the Inchcape Rock;

So little they rose, so little they fell,

They did not move the Inchcape Bell.

In one well-developed paragraph with a topic sentence and supporting details, explain how the language in this excerpt develops the mood. (Make sure you clearly explain what the mood is, too!)

Use specific evidence from the excerpt to support your ideas.

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18 December, 20:42

Read the following prompt and type your response in the space provided.

Read the following excerpt from the poem "The Inchcape Rock":

No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,

The ship was still as she could be;

Her sails from heaven received no motion,

Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Without either sign or sound of their shock,

The waves flow'd over the Inchcape Rock;

So little they rose, so little they fell,

They did not move the Inchcape Bell.

In one well-developed paragraph with a topic sentence and supporting details, explain how the language in this excerpt develops the mood. (Make sure you clearly explain what the mood is, too!)

Use specific evidence from the excerpt to support your ideas.

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Carina Marshall · Answer 1

No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,

The ship was still as she could be;

Her sails from heaven received no motion,

Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Without either sign or sound of their shock,

The waves flow'd over the Inchcape Rock;

So little they rose, so little they fell,

They did not move the Inchcape Bell.