Question

1. read as you read lines 1–12, begin to collect and cite text evidence. - circle each use of the word somewhere. - underline the example of personification in lines 5–8. - in the margin, analyze how the image it creates contributes to the tone of the poem. (for stephen spender) somewhere a white horse gallops with its mane plunging round a field whose sticks are ringed with barbed wire, and men break stones or bind straw into ricks. 5 somewhere women tire of the shawled sea’s weeping, for the fishermen’s dories still go out. it is blue as peace. somewhere they’re tired of torture stories.

Explanation:

1. The word "somewhere" appears at the start of line 1, line 5, and line 8.
2. Personification is giving human traits to non-humans; the sea is described as "shawled" and "weeping" (human actions/traits) in lines 5-6.
3. This personified sea image frames the sea as a grieving, weary figure, matching the poem's somber, weary tone of people enduring hardship and worry for fishermen.

Answer:

• Circled words: "Somewhere" (line 1), "Somewhere" (line 5), "Somewhere" (line 8)
• Underlined personification: "the shawled sea's weeping" (lines 5-6)
• Tone analysis: The personified weeping, shawled sea creates a somber, weary tone, mirroring the exhaustion and quiet anxiety of the people waiting for fishermen, reinforcing the poem's mood of enduring hardship.