Question 66
EasyOriginal questionRise, brothers, rise, the wakening skies pray to the morning light,
The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night.
Come, let us gather our nets from the shore, and set our free,
To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for we are the sons of the sea.
No longer delay, let us away in the track of the sea-gull's call,
The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother, the waves are our all.
What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives?
He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives.
Sweet is the shade of the cocoanut glade, and the scent of the mango grove,
And sweet are the sands at the full o' the moon with the sound of the voices we love.
But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of the and the dance of the wild foam's glee:
Row, brothers, row to the blue of the , where the low sky mates with the sea.
Who is speaking in the poem, and to whom?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The speaker says "Rise, brothers, rise" and "let us gather our nets", and calls them all "the sons of the sea".
He is a fisherman urging the others to set out at daybreak.
Worth noting
The sea is spoken about ("The sea is our mother"), not the one speaking.
- Concept
- Identifying speaker and listener
- Typical timeTypical
- 40 s
- Your timeYours
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