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Female Colonial Poets

Question 3 • HVA 26-27 IM English ELA 11 A

What is the effect of the couplets in both “The Author to Her Book” and “A Hymn to the Evening”?

Answer
A
They guide the poet in planning the poem.
B
They help the poet create a simple rhyming pattern.
C
They help the poet break the poem into simple parts.
D
They allow a poet to link lines of poetry together using sound.

Explanation

A couplet is a pair of lines connected by rhyme or another sound pattern. In both poems, the paired lines create audible connections, linking one line to the next through sound. This makes D, “They allow a poet to link lines of poetry together using sound,” the best answer.

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