The document discusses a poem called "The Sea" through analyzing several lines and literary devices used. It notes that the sea is compared to a hungry dog through a metaphor. Several words like "gnaw", "rumbling", and "tumbling" depict the waves wearing away the shore. The poem uses onomatopoeia through the words "sniffs" and "snuffs" and compares dune grasses to a musical instrument that is no longer playing its tune. The weather controls the sea's behavior in the poem and it depicts the sea as a powerful force through playful language.

1. Unit 7 Postassessment

2. The Sea When reading this poem, the sea is compared to a hungry dog. This comparison does not use a like or as so it is a metaphor.

3. The Sea When you read the words gnaw, rumbling, and tumbling, we see that the waves are actually wearing away the shore.

4. The Sea The word bounds means to leap within the context of this poem.

5. The Sea Sniffs and snuffs are two words that imitate the sounds it represents which is onomatopoeia.

6. The Sea In this poem the dune grasses are no longer playing a reedy tune, so the grasses are being compared to some type of musical instrument.

7. The Sea The weather controls the sea’s behavior in this poem.

8. The Sea The sea is seen as being very powerful in this poem.

9. The Sea The poem’s tone is more playful than anything else.