Questions: The Seafarer: Discussion "The Seafarer" uses these words and phrases as names for what? pathway of tides; high streams; sea-way; the home of the whale; whale-path the sea the sky the Seafarer's boat THE SEAFARER Exerpt Part 1 To make my journey's story, a song of my voyaging, How all through hardship's hours I have suffered times Of care in my heart, have known my keel cleave Wall-like cliffs, while care's anxiety ate Through my sea-wearied mind. The flood has tossed me Between the clinching cold of night watches And the fear of death in the awful waves. My feet were fettered with frost, were frosted with cold chains, While cares seethed hot about my heart, And hunger, sea-weary, sapped strength from within. The man may not know who stays on land, How I, care-wretched, have dwelt a winter long Out on the ice-cold sea, in exile's wake, Robbed of my kinsmen, hung about with icicles, While hail flew in showers. There heard I nothing

 The Seafarer: Discussion

"The Seafarer" uses these words and phrases as names for what? pathway of tides; high streams; sea-way; the home of the whale; whale-path

the sea
the sky
the Seafarer's boat

THE SEAFARER
Exerpt

Part 1

To make my journey's story, a song of my voyaging,
How all through hardship's hours I have suffered times
Of care in my heart, have known my keel cleave
Wall-like cliffs, while care's anxiety ate
Through my sea-wearied mind. The flood has tossed me
Between the clinching cold of night watches
And the fear of death in the awful waves.
My feet were fettered with frost, were frosted with cold chains,
While cares seethed hot about my heart,
And hunger, sea-weary, sapped strength from within.
The man may not know who stays on land,
How I, care-wretched, have dwelt a winter long
Out on the ice-cold sea, in exile's wake,
Robbed of my kinsmen, hung about with icicles,
While hail flew in showers. There heard I nothing
Transcript text: The Seafarer: Discussion "The Seafarer" uses these words and phrases as names for what? pathway of tides; high streams; sea-way; the home of the whale; whale-path the sea the sky the Seafarer's boat THE SEAFARER Exerpt Part 1 To make my journey's story, a song of my voyaging, How all through hardship's hours I have suffered times Of care in my heart, have known my keel cleave Wall-like cliffs, while care's anxiety ate Through my sea-wearied mind. The flood has tossed me Between the clinching cold of night watches And the fear of death in the awful waves. My feet were fettered with frost, were frosted with cold chains, While cares seethed hot about my heart, And hunger, sea-weary, sapped strength from within. The man may not know who stays on land, How I, care-wretched, have dwelt a winter long Out on the ice-cold sea, in exile's wake, Robbed of my kinsmen, hung about with icicles, While hail flew in showers. There heard I nothing
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The answer is the sea.

Explanation
Option 1: The sea

The phrases "pathway of tides," "high streams," "sea-way," "the home of the whale," and "whale-path" are all metaphorical descriptions of the sea. These terms evoke the movement and vastness of the ocean, as well as its role as a habitat for whales. The imagery used in "The Seafarer" emphasizes the sea's dynamic and sometimes perilous nature, which aligns with the experiences described in the poem.

Option 2: The sky

While the sky is often associated with vastness and movement, the specific phrases mentioned are more directly related to the sea. The terms "pathway of tides" and "whale-path" particularly suggest a connection to the ocean rather than the sky.

Option 3: The Seafarer's boat

The Seafarer's boat is the vessel that carries him across the sea, but the phrases in question describe the environment through which the boat travels, rather than the boat itself. The focus is on the sea as a setting for the Seafarer's journey and struggles.

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