Analyzing Figurative Language and Structure in Poetry
Question 6 • FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 B-CR
Read "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” by William Wordsworth.Earth has not any thing to show more fair:Dull would he be of soul who could pass byA sight so touching in its majesty:This City now doth, like a garment, wearThe beauty of the morning; silent, bare,Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lieOpen unto the fields, and to the sky;All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!
Answer
A
the number of lines
B
the number of words in each line
C
a shift in rhyme scheme after line 8
D
the number of syllables in each line
Explanation
The poem is a sonnet with 14 lines, and its rhyme scheme changes after line 8. The first eight lines follow an ABBAABBA pattern, while the final six use a different pattern (CDCDCD). The line count and syllable pattern remain regular, and the number of words varies, so the shift in rhyme scheme is the structural change.
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