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The Odyssey and Epic Poetry: An Introduction, Part 1 — Cumulative exam

Question 11 • Online ELA 9 - A

Read the poem excerpt.As every eye awaits her handTo cue the members of the band.

Answer
A
The meter is free, imitating the flow of conversational speech.
B
The meter is free, making the poem unpredictable.
C
The meter is fixed, and every syllable is stressed.
D
The meter is fixed, drawing attention to the end rhyme.

Explanation

Both lines follow a regular iambic rhythm, with alternating unstressed and stressed syllables, so the meter is fixed. The matching end words “hand” and “band” rhyme, and the regular meter helps draw attention to that end rhyme.

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