Question

2. The sea in the second stanza is strange, mysterious and comforting ? Which words
tell you this?
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Answer 1

Answer:

In the poem, the speaker (a teacher) describes how he tries to get "them" (the students) to approach a poem. But try as he might, the teacher can't get the students to appreciate the poem (or poetry) at all—any of this sound familiar?

The teacher wants the students to really listen to the sounds in the poem, to look at it, to truly experience it for what it is. And that's a piece of art. But the students