Use the poem to answer the question.

The storm raged with gusts and raged with rain,
In gales that howled a harsh refrain.
The sea swelled and churned ’neath its fearsome force,
And pitched the ship from its charted course.

Which words did the poet use to rhyme?

(1 point)
Responses

“howled” and “harsh”
“howled” and “harsh”

“howled” and “churned”
“howled” and “churned”

“sea” and “ship”
“sea” and “ship”

“force” and “course”
“force” and “course”

“force” and “course”

Use the excerpt from the poem in the lesson to answer the question.

“Night climbed the horizon like a cat on the prowl;

Its breath was the wind that began to howl,

The piercing stars were its ravenous eyes,

Eclipsing the light to reveal its guise.”

How does the poet use personification?

(1 point)
Responses

By comparing the night to an animal

By making the night a character that can move and see

By giving the wind human qualities

By pairing the night and stars

By comparing the night to an animal