Read this excerpt from "The Song of the Old Mother” by William Butler Yeats.And the young lie long and dream in their bedOf the matching of ribbons for bosom and head,And their day goes over in idleness,And they sigh if the wind but lift a tress:While I must work because I am old,And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.Which statement best describes the effect of rhyme on this excerpt?
Answer
A
The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator’s careless mistakes.
B
The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator’s daydreams.
C
The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator’s love of her children.
D
The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator’s dull routine.
Explanation
The end rhymes—“bed” and “head,” “idleness” and “tress,” and “old” and “cold”—create a steady, repetitive pattern. That regularity reflects the narrator’s unchanging routine and her sense of weariness as she must keep working. The rhyme does not chiefly emphasize her own daydreams or love of her children.
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