Poem 2.3 The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey Part II Brainstorming activities
XII - 2.3 - The Inchcape Rock ( Part II Brainstorming activities) Enhance your vocabulary by guessing the meanings: - Stir - swirl, whirl, rotate (here means movement) Still - here,not moving , steady, silent, quiet, calm Sails- canvas used for mast , strong sheet of fabric attached to a boat. Keel - base or bottom of ship Motion – movement Steady -- stable Shock - blow, jolt, stunned, unpleasant event Buoy - floater, drifter, floating object anchored in the sea Swing (Swung) - swayed, waved Ring (Rung)- sounded, call for attention by sounding a bell Mariner- sailor, seamen Abbot-- head of Abbey of monks Abbey-- a building where monks or nuns live or used to live Aberbrothok- largest town in Scotland Surge's swell-- sudden and great rise in the level of the sea Perilous-- dangerous blest-- old English form of blessed Joyance – (Poetic) joy, delight, enjoyment gay- happy, light...