Imagery and Figurative Language in Tennyson’s “Morte d’Arthur”

Question 1

What does the imagery in this passage help readers imagine?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the moon’s light reflecting off the sword

Question 2

“take my brand Excalibur, / Which was my pride”“Rose up from out the bosom of the lake”✔ “and have worn it, like a king”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ “and have worn it, like a king”

Question 3

What does the imagery identified in this passage help readers understand?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

why Bedivere would want to keep the sword

Question 4

Which lines from the poem contain personification? Check all that apply.“So all day long the noise of battle roll’d”“A cry that shiver’d to the tingling stars”“Dark as a funeral scarf from stem to stern” “Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang”“Moved from the brink, like some full-breasted swan”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“A cry that shiver’d to the tingling stars”; “Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang”

Question 5

✔ “take my brand Excalibur, / Which was my pride”X “Rose up from out the bosom of the lake”“and have worn it, like a king”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

X “Rose up from out the bosom of the lake”

Question 6

What do the metaphor and simile identified in this passage most strongly emphasize?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the importance of Excalibur to King Arthur

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