Question

read this excerpt from sea fever by john masefield. and the wheels kick and the winds song and the white sails shaking, and a grey mist on the seas face, and a grey dawn breaking, which statement best describes how masefield creates a hopeful mood in the excerpt? the free form flows cheerfully and unpredictably. the free form creates a sentimental conversation between man and sea. the fixed meter and predictable rhyme scheme create an upbeat rhythm. the fixed meter imitates the rhythm of a military march or parade.

Explanation:

Free - form poetry does not have a fixed meter or rhyme scheme. The first option about free - form flowing cheerfully and unpredictably is incorrect as free - form is not about a "cheerful flow" in the sense of meter. The second option about a sentimental conversation is not related to creating a hopeful mood. The fourth option about a fixed meter imitating a military march is wrong because the poem is in free - form. The third option is wrong as the poem is free - form (no fixed meter or predictable rhyme scheme). However, if we assume there was a mis - categorization and we consider the general idea of rhythm in poetry (even if the poem is free - form, the description in the third option about an upbeat rhythm from meter and rhyme would be the only one related to a "hopeful" (upbeat) mood among the given options (though the poem is actually free - form).

Answer:

The fixed meter and predictable rhyme scheme create an upbeat rhythm.