Read the following poem:

*The river sighs beneath the moon's pale eye,*
*Its silver tongue whispers to the night.*
*Stars flicker, trembling on the water's skin,*
*While shadows dance in quiet reverie.*
*Time drifts, a leaf upon the current's sigh,*
*Moments melt like mist at dawn's first light.*

(a) Determine the dominant metrical pattern of the first four lines.
(b) State the rhyme scheme of the entire poem.
(c) Explain how the enjambment between lines 3 and 4 contributes to the poem's theme of transience.

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Read the following poem:

*The river sighs beneath the moon's pale eye,*
*Its silver tongue whispers to the night.*
*Stars flicker, trembling on the water's skin,*
*While shadows dance in quiet reverie.*
*Time drifts, a leaf upon the current's sigh,*
*Moments melt like mist at dawn's first light.*

(a) Determine the dominant metrical pattern of the first four lines.
(b) State the rhyme scheme of the entire poem.
(c) Explain how the enjambment between lines 3 and 4 contributes to the poem's theme of transience.

Accepted Answer

a) Iambic pentameter. b) AB CD AB. c) The enjambment merges the visual of shadows with the idea of reverie, creating a seamless flow that mirrors the poem's theme of fleeting moments.

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