Question

Read the poem "The Great Wave: Hokusai." It is because the sea is blue, Because Fuji is blue, because the bent blue Men have white faces, like the snow On Fuji, like the crest of the wave in the sky the color of their Boats. It is because the air Is full of writing, because the wave is still: that nothing Will harm these frail strangers, That high over Fuji in an earthcolored sky the fingers Will not fall; and the blue men Lean on the sea like snow, and the wave like a mountain leans Against the sky. In the painter's sea All fishermen are safe. All anger bends under his unity. But the innocent bystander, he merely 'Walks round a corner, thinking of nothing': hidden Behind a screen we hear his cry. He stands half in and half out of the world; he is the men, But he cannot see below Fuji The shore the color of sky; he is the wave, he stretches His claws against strangers. He is Not safe, not even from himself. His world is flat. He fishes a sea full of serpents, he rides his boat Blindly from wave to wave toward Ararat. Which is the best description of the poet’s treatment of the subject of the poem? He uses humor to mock the subject. He uses imagery to present the subject. He uses structure to conceal the subject. He uses tone to criticize the subject.

Answer 1

Answer:

He uses imagery to present the subject.

Explanation:

The poet creates an image of every representation/object described in the poem in the imagination of the reader. The poet ensures that the senses of the readers are carried along, most especially the senses of touch and feeling.

He said, "It is because the sea is blue, Because Fuji is blue, because the bent blue Men have white faces, like the snow On Fuji, like the crest of the wave in the sky the color of their Boats." Every object described here appeals to the senses of the readers. He did not do without giving the details of every thing mentioned. This is typical of presenting a subject using imagery.