Question

Read the stanza from "The Rainy Day":

How does the structure of "The Rainy

Day" affect the poem?

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the

mouldering Past,

But the hopes of youth fall thick in

the blast,

And the days are dark and dreary.

The rhyme and meter are both

lighthearted and bouncy,

i

helping the speaker

communicate that life

shouldn't be taken too

seriously.

The rhyme and meter are

jazzy and uneven, helping the

speaker communicate the

unpredictably of life.

The rhyme and meter are

harsh and sharp, helping the

sneaker communicato his

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is The rhyme and meter are both simple and rhymic, helping the writer communicate that life is sometimes dreary and unexciting.

Explanation:

In this stanza of the poem "The Rainy Day", the author uses a structure where, when using the rhyme and meter in a simple and rhymic way, he facilitates the objective of transmitting his feelings.

In this case they are sad and gloomy feelings.

The rhyme is used so that two or more words have the same sound, usually at the end of the poems.

While the meter is the rhythmic structure of the syllables found in a poem.

Both devices are used in this case for the author to transmit what he is feeling.

Answer 2

Answer:

The rhyme and meter are both simple and rhymic, helping the writer communicate that life is sometimes dreary and unexciting.

Explanation: