State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrases/words in support of your answer

State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrases/words in support of your answer:

1. To steer the ship the poet needs the moon.
   Supporting statement: ____.
2. The call of the running tide is wild and clear.
   Supporting statement: ____.
3. The poet is going out to the sea for the first time.
   Supporting statement: ____.

Explanation

1. False. The poet asks for a star to steer the ship by, not the moon: “And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.”
2. True. The poet says, “the call of the running tide/Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.”
3. False. The poem does not suggest that this is the poet’s first time going out to the sea.