Which pieces of textual evidence from Selection 1 best represent the idea that nothing will prevent the speaker from being at sea? A)“a tall ship” (line 2)
“a star to steer her by” (line 2)

B)“a wild call” (line 6)
“a clear call that may not be denied” (line 6)

C)“a windy day” (line 7)
“the white clouds flying” (line 7)

D)“the gull’s way and the whale’s way” (line 10)
“the wind’s like a whetted knife” (line 10)

(the POEM)

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

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I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn¹ from a laughing fellow-rover²,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.