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Poem:”Because I could not stop for death”

Which of the following best describes how the structure of the poem contributes to its meaning?


A

The poem’s upbeat meter makes death appear playful rather than ominous.

B

The variation in the meter mimics the speaker’s uncertainty about death.

C

The lack of a rhyme scheme shows that the speaker is mournful.

D

The poem’s absence of meter shows that the speaker is carefree about death.

Respuesta :

OlanmaE

The poem, ”Because I could not stop for death” has elements of iambic trimeter and iambic tetrameter. The sentence that best describes how the structure of the poem contributes to its meaning is;

  • B . The variation in the meter mimics the speaker’s uncertainty about death.

This poem by Emily Dickenson talks about the uncertainties of death. It explains how the woman went on a ride with death.

They passed several stages of life as exemplified in the schools that they passed and the planting fields.

The rhyme scheme in the poem also varied as seen in the use of the iambic trimeter in some lines and the iambic tetrameter in some others.

So, the variation in meter reflects the uncertainty about death that was expressed by the poet.

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