Read these lines from the poem.

a phantom ship, with each mast and spar
across the moon like a prison-bar,
and a huge black hulk, that was magnified
by its own reflection in the tide.

what is the effect of the description of the british ship?

it reveals the threat of a new enemy.

it connects the reader to the sailors on the ship.

it suggests the enemy ships are imaginary.

it hints that there is danger coming.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

In describing jimmy wells as the truest, most loyal fellow, what tone is conveyed

Drag each excerpt to its poetic structure. what poetic structures are evident in these poetry excerpts blank verse ballad stanza something there is that doesnt love a wall