Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Neither Out Far Nor in Deep? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The down and up (unstressed/stressed) syllabic pattern in the poem is called what?
iambic trimeter
iambic pentameter
trochee
metaphor
Q. What kind of rhyme scheme do we have in "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep"?
couplets
nursery
ABAB
sonnet
Q. The last two lines in the poem include what literary device?
conflict
end rhyme
couplet
rhetorical question
Q. "the people along the sand" are an example of the speaker's use of what?
theme
mood
refrain
generalization
Q. The standing gull functions as a what?
meter
allusion
symbol
external conflict