Imust go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all i ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; and the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, and a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking, i must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; and all i ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, and the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. i must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, to the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; and all i ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, and quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over. —"sea fever,” john masefield use the drop-down menus to answer the questions about john masefield’s poem “sea fever.” 1. how many stanzas are in the poem? a. one b. two c. three d. four 2. what is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza? a. aabb b. abab c. abcd d. abcc 3. what poetic structure does masefield use? a. fixed form b. free form

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator