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QuizMultiple Choice

8.1: Female Colonial Poets

Question 6 • HVA 26-27 IM English ELA 11 A

Which statement best describes the rhyme schemes of "The Author to Her Book" and "A Hymn to the Evening"?

Answer
A
Both poets primarily use couplets to link ideas; Bradstreet uses inversion to complete rhymes.
B
Both poets use couplets for rhyme scheme and structure, inverting sentences when needed to maintain the rhyme.
C
Bradstreet uses couplets throughout; Wheatley uses couplets and inverts sentences as needed for emphasis.
D
Bradstreet uses couplets for their overall rhyme scheme and structure; Wheatley uses couplets to enhance the poem as a song of praise for creation.

Explanation

Bradstreet’s “The Author to Her Book” is organized largely in rhyming couplets, which help shape the poem’s progression. Wheatley also uses couplets in “A Hymn to the Evening,” where their musical quality supports the poem’s praise of creation. D describes how the couplets function in both poems without claiming that sentence inversion is needed to maintain the rhyme.

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