Justin

English

20 December, 15:16

Read "Break, Break, Break" by Tennyson and answer the questions below.

Break, break, break,

On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!

And I would that my tongue could utter

The thoughts that arise in me.

O well for the fisherman's boy, 5

That he shouts with his sister at play!

O well for the sailor lad,

That he sings in his boat on the bay!

And the stately ships go on

To their haven under the hill; 10

But O for the touch of a vanished hand,

And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,

At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!

But the tender grace of a day that is dead 15

Will never come back to me.

In the first and fouth stanzas, Tennyson uses which poetic device?

allusion

alliteration

apostrophe

none of these