Why does the boatswain tell the king and the other royals to go below deck?
He. fears they will be in the way as the boat navigates through the storm.
O He doesn't want them to see him escape on the lifeboat.
He needs them to go consult the map because they are lost.

"sword," and "pen" demonstrate metonymy, refering to the church, the military, and the literary arts, respectively. In Wordsworth's sonnet, he accomplishes two purposes and develops two themes. He pays personal tribute to John Milton, and he offers strong social criticism of conditions in England in 1802.