Excerpt from “Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, 5 Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee!
1. What poetic device or quality makes this poem closed form? (1 point)
blank verse structure
use of enjambment
inclusion of end-stopped lines
repeated use of near-end rhymes
abundant alliteration, assonance, and consonance
2. Use the poem to answer the question. What part of this poem would most likely be removed if it were revised to be open form? (1 point)
the enjambment
the number of lines
the rhyme scheme
the rhythm
the underlying metaphor
Feature “One’s-Self I Sing” by Walt Whitman One's-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Of physiology from top to toe I sing, the Form complete is worthier far, 5 The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing.
Use the poem to answer the question. Which answer best describes why this poem is open form? (1 point)
It uses near rhyme sparingly.
It has stanzas with different line counts.
It lacks a consistent meter.
It has dramatic variations in line length. It has dramatic variations in line length. It fails to use sound devices correctly. It fails to use sound devices correctly.
3. “One’s-Self I Sing” by Walt Whitman One's-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Of physiology from top to toe I sing, the Form complete is worthier far, 5 The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing.
Use the poem to answer the question. Which answer best describes why this poem is open form? (1 point)
It uses near rhyme sparingly.
It has stanzas with different line counts.
It lacks a consistent meter.
It has dramatic variations in line length.
It fails to use sound devices correctly.