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Rhyme, Rhythm, and Visualizing in a Yeats Poem

Question 4 • SS-English Language Arts 7

Read this excerpt from “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats.Though I am old with wanderingThrough hollow lands and hilly lands,I will find out where she has gone,And kiss her lips and take her handsWhich words in the final line of the excerpt are emphasized by the rhythm of the poem?

Answer
A
kiss, lips, take, and hands
B
And, kiss, and her
C
lips, and, and take
D
and, take, her, and hands

Explanation

The line follows a rhythm that stresses the important beats: “and KISS her LIPS and TAKE her HANDS.” The emphasized words are “kiss,” “lips,” “take,” and “hands,” which matches choice A; the connecting words are generally unstressed.

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