Sea Lullaby
Elinor Wylie
The old moon is tarnished
With smoke of the flood,
The dead leaves are varnished
With color like blood,
A treacherous smiler 5
With teeth white as milk,
A savage beguiler
In sheathings of silk,
The sea creeps to pillage,
She leaps on her prey; 10
A child of the village
Was murdered to-day.
She came up to meet him
In a smooth golden cloak,
She choked him and beat him 15
To death, for a joke.
Her bright locks were tangled,
She shouted for joy,
With one hand she strangled
A strong little boy. 20
Now in silence she lingers
Beside him all night
To wash her long fingers
In silvery light.
Question
In the third stanza, we learn that a child has been murdered. This child MOST LIKELY died from
Responses
A drowning.drowning.
B a concussion.a concussion.
C being stabbed.being stabbed.
D a gunshot wound.a gunshot wound.