1. By: John Masefield PowerPoint by: Rease Maloney
Sea Fever
By: John Masefield
PowerPoint by: Rease Maloney

2. 2 poem: A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky

3. This poem has a continuing rhyme scheme (AA,BB)
Structure of the poem
this poem uses 4 stanzas with 4 lines per stanza; with a total of 12 lines
This poem has a continuing rhyme scheme (AA,BB)

4. Biographical Information
He was a junior office for an ocean liner.
School ship HMS Conway is a Training navel academy, where he attended.
He then start writing “Saltwater Ballads” when he became ill and had to come home.

5. Speaker
The speaker of the poem feels the need to go back to a place where he hasn’t been in a while.
He wants the day to go smoothly.

6. End rhyme: The end of each line has a rhyming word.B
Literary element
End rhyme: The end of each line has a rhyming word.
This is followed by a rhyme scheme, it’s an AaBb pattern C D E F

7. Literary elements:
One is repetition John repeats several lines throughout the poem.
He repeats the lines “I must go to the seas again,” and “and all I ask,”

8. Literary element Literal element:
Another element is simile. John uses the phrase “where the wind’s like a whetted knife;”

9. Literary element Literally element:
Another element is Alliteration. Some examples are the S and W.

10. Literally element Literally element:
Another is personification. John uses personification to describe the sea and sky.

11. Theme
The theme of the poem is not all days can be perfect like a perfect day at sea.

12. Literal meaning
The literal meaning of the poem is he wants to go back to the sea. He hasn't visited it in a while.

13. Figurative meaning
The figurative meaning of the poem is about life and how he wants his life to go. As he is sleeping he is dreaming of a perfect day like the sea.

14. Authors purpose
The purpose for this poem is saying he wants a clear almost perfect world but sometimes you cant get it.

15. Imagery: Stanza 1
In this image it shows a tall ship in the water.

16. Imagery: Stanza 2
This image shows a sunset with clouds in the background with birds flying.

17. Imagery: Stanza 3
This image show the perfect day he was dreaming.

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