Question 40
NECO
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2022
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
The following excerpt is written in iambic pentameter and follows the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG:
"When summer's heat begins to fade away,\
The roses droop, their petals pale and thin;\
A lover's promise, whispered in the day,\
Now lingers faint, a ghost of what has been.\
The nightingale, once bright, now sings in sighs,\
Its melody a tear upon the wind;\
Yet in this dusk, a sudden hope shall rise,\
A final kiss before the night is thinned.\
So let us write these verses, brief and true,\
For love, like summer, ends but leaves its hue."
Identify the poetic form and explain how its structure reinforces the theme of fleeting love.
Answer Options
A.
It is a blank verse poem; the unrhymed iambic pentameter structure of 14 lines with three quatrains and a concluding couplet, plus the volta at line 9, mirrors the rise, decline and brief lasting impression of love, thereby reinforcing the theme of fleeting love.
Correct Answer
B.
It is a Shakespearean (English) sonnet; the 14‑line iambic pentameter structure with three quatrains and a concluding couplet, plus the volta at line 9, mirrors the rise, decline and brief lasting impression of love, thereby reinforcing the theme of fleeting love.
C.
It is a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet; the 14‑line iambic pentameter structure with an octave and a sestet, plus the volta at line 9, mirrors the rise, decline and brief lasting impression of love, thereby reinforcing the theme of fleeting love.
D.
It is a Spenserian sonnet; the 14‑line iambic pentameter structure with interlocking rhyme scheme ABAB BCBC CDCD EE, plus the volta at line 9, mirrors the rise, decline and brief lasting impression of love, thereby reinforcing the theme of fleeting love.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
It is a Shakespearean (English) sonnet; the 14‑line iambic pentameter structure with three quatrains and a concluding couplet, plus the volta at line 9, mirrors the rise, decline and brief lasting impression of love, thereby reinforcing the theme of fleeting love.
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