hen he said, "Good night!" and with muffled oar

Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,

Just as the moon rose over the bay,

Where swinging wide at her moorings lay

The Somerset, British man-of-war;


A phantom ship, with each mast and spar

Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide.


Read the following dictionary entry for mooring. Click the definition that best fits the way the word moorings as used in the poem. Base your answer on context.

mooring (MOR ing) noun 1. (often, moorings) the place where a boat is tied up or anchored 2. (often, moorings) ropes or anchors used to keep a boat from leaving its place 3. the act of tying up a boat 4. something such as a belief or routine that grants a person stability or security