"The Rock and the Sea" is an 1893 poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the poem, a rock is portrayed as intending to confront and restrain the sea: _______

Which quotation from "The Rock and the Sea" most effectively illustrates the claim?

Question

"The Rock and the Sea" is an 1893 poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the poem, a rock is portrayed as intending to confront and restrain the sea: _______

Which quotation from "The Rock and the Sea" most effectively illustrates the claim?

Accepted Answer

"I am the Rock, presumptuous Sea! / am set to encounter thee. / Angry and loud or gentle and still, / am set here to limit thy power, and ! will!"

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"I am the Rock. Black midnight falls; / The terrible breakers rise like walls; / With curling lips and gleaming teeth / They plunge and tear at my bones beneath."

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"I am the Sea. I hold the land / As one holds an apple in his hand, / Hold it fast with sleepless eyes, / Watching the continents sink and rise."

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"I am the Sea. The earth ! sway; / Granite to me is potter's clay; / Under the touch of my careless waves / It rises in turrets and sinks in caves."

"The Rock and the Sea" is an 1893 poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the poem, a rock is portrayed as intending to confront and restrain the sea: _______Which quotation from "The Rock and the Sea" most effectively illustrates the claim?

"The Rock and the Sea" is an 1893 poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the poem, a rock is portrayed as intending to confront and restrain the sea: _______

Which quotation from "The Rock and the Sea" most effectively illustrates the claim?