From the Sea The sea is a hungry dog,
Giant and gray.
He rolls on the beach all day.
With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws
Hour upon hour he gnaws
The rumbling, tumbling stones,
And, "Bones, bones, bones!"
The giant sea-dog moans,
Licking his greasy paws.
James Reeves
Find an example of a metaphor
Find an example of alliteration.
Find three examples of personification.
Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.
Within the context, the word "gnaws" in line 5 means
a) climbs
b) chews on
c) spits out
d) gulps
The poet's attitude toward the sea is one of
a) admiration
b) hate
c) fear
d) sadness

1. gnaws means chews on

2.the poet's attitude toward the sea is one of fear.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.