Sound and Structure in Poems by Dylan Thomas and W. B. Yeats

Question 1

Use the drop-down menus to finish marking the rhyme scheme of "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."

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✔ a; a; c; d

Question 2

ab✔ cd

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✔ c

Question 3

abc✔ d

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✔ d

Question 4

ab✔ cd

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✔ c

Question 5

Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry.

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"Because their words had forked no lightning they": iambic pentameter; "A lonely impulse of delight": iambic tetrameter; "No likely end could bring them loss": iambic tetrameter

Question 6

✔ iambic tetrameteriambic pentameterno regular meter

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✔ iambic tetrameter

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