Question

Homework: 1. Which of the following best describes the divisions in the rhyme scheme of "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed"?
A. Three quatrains and a couplet. B. Four tercets and a couplet. C. The sonnet has no rhyme scheme. D. None of the above
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Answer 1

Homework questions: 2-4
2. Which one of the following statements does not describe the speaker of the poem?
A. The speaker insists that physical intimacy is not justification enough for an ongoing relationship. B. The speaker is devoted to her lover. C. The speaker uses the first person. D. The speaker indicates it's her biological makeup, rather than a spiritual or emotional connection, that motivates her to enter into a relationship with her lover.
E. None of The above

Answer 2

is the question asking for the divisions of the rhyme scheme in just that line or in the whole poem?

Answer 3

the whole poem I believe

Answer 4

3. In what way does "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed" follow the conventions of a traditional sonnet?
A. The speaker of the poem is a woman. B. This sonnet follows, for the most part, the Petrarchan structure of an octave and sestet. C. The relationship between this couple is born of biological need. D. The lover whom the speaker addresses is attainable. E. The iambic pentameter rhythm is disrupted in the last six lines.
4. part a.
At which line does a major shift occur in "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed"?
A. Line 3. B. Line 6. C. Line 8. D. Line 9. E. Line 13.
4. part b.
Which answer best describes the speaker's attitude toward sex?
A. She's sexually repressed and refuses to give in to physical passion. B. She enthusiastically gives herself to her sexual partner. C. She's ambivalent about this sexual relationship. D. She feels that love and sex go hand in hand. E. She has sex because she's attracted to her lover's mind, as he is to hers.

Answer 5

The first question I believe is D. none of the above because the poem definitely has a rhyme scheme, so the answer is not C, and the poem does not include a couplet, so the answer is not A or B. I am not an expert on poetry but I can tell the poem has two quatrains in the first 8 lines, or octave. All I know about the final 6 lines of the poem is that it is a sestet.

Answer 6

ok, how about questions 2-4? They are the ones I'm worrying more about. I also thought that number 1 might be D.

Answer 7

like I said I'm not an expert in poetry but my guess for question 2 would be B since in the poem the speaker seems to be distressed by her position as a woman and therefore doesn't seem like she would be devoted to her lover. Also all of the other options seem to be true.

Answer 8

ok, I agree with that.

Answer 9

I believe 3 is B because the poem does follow an octave and sestet pattern.

Answer 10

4 part a I think is D because in that line both the rhyme scheme and the situation the speaker is talking about changes.

Answer 11

ok, your interpretation is good and reasonable. :) What would you think part b is?

Answer 12

4 part b is either A or C I think because she says that her blood (aka passion) committed treason against her brain, which implies that even though she didn't want to sleep with her lover, her passion and lust gave in.

Answer 13

I think it is most likely A, but you can make your decision based off of your views