The phrase about surviving a wreck belongs to which author?

The phrase about surviving a wreck belongs to which author?

• A. Anne Bradstreet
• B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• C. Herman Melville
• D. James Russell Lowell

Answer: (C)

Think about which author most often makes survival at sea a central idea. Herman Melville is known for seafaring narratives that place characters in life-and-death situations and emphasize what it takes to endure a wreck and tell the tale afterward. His most famous sea tale, with Ishmael narrating his own survival and the dangers of the voyage, embodies this focus on surviving catastrophe at sea. The other writers listed work in different directions—Bradstreet with Puritan devotional poetry, Longfellow with notable sea tragedies like The Wreck of the Hesperus that centers more on the disaster itself, and Lowell in other 19th-century verse contexts. So the phrase about surviving a wreck fits Melville’s broader themes and voice.

Think about which author most often makes survival at sea a central idea. Herman Melville is known for seafaring narratives that place characters in life-and-death situations and emphasize what it takes to endure a wreck and tell the tale afterward. His most famous sea tale, with Ishmael narrating his own survival and the dangers of the voyage, embodies this focus on surviving catastrophe at sea. The other writers listed work in different directions—Bradstreet with Puritan devotional poetry, Longfellow with notable sea tragedies like The Wreck of the Hesperus that centers more on the disaster itself, and Lowell in other 19th-century verse contexts. So the phrase about surviving a wreck fits Melville’s broader themes and voice.