Like ‘Shores’ and ‘I Gave You Immortality’, ‘Girl of the Red-Gold Hair’ is taken from which publication?
Poems to Eimhir
The Cuillin
New Poems
The opening and closing stanzas are the same except for the addition of one word to the closing stanza. What is that word?
far
very
sorrow
What kind of literal journey does the poem include?
on sea
on land
in air
In which of these narrative forms is the poem written?
Third person
Second person
First person
Which of these most accurately summarise the manner in which the poet’s surroundings are described?
Bold and vibrant
Bleak and barren
Beautiful and dramatic
What is a key contrast that develops throughout the poem?
The power of the elements with the helpless mood of the speaker.
The beauty of the surroundings with bleakness of the speaker’s mood.
Which of these creep into the setting and add to a bleak mood?
creep
wind skirls
bog cotton
grey mist
Which of these words is repeated in stanzas two and four?
Sound
indifferent
battle
How does the speaker describe his heart?
As being dumb
dumb
As being in battle
in battle
As being coarse
coarse
Which of these places are not referenced in the poem?
Sound of Rasaay
Dun Caan
Hallaig