Question 22 • (J. Blaum) 0231 10th Grade English 1st 9 Weeks 26-27
Dickinson’s ballad style draws on traditional ballad meter and rhyme, but she does not use perfect rhyme consistently. She mixes exact rhymes with slant rhymes and lines that do not rhyme, giving the form a distinctive, unsettled quality. Choice B describes this combination; choice A incorrectly says she relies on perfect rhyme.
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