Question

Which subgenre of poetry does this passage belong to?


sonnet

free verse

limerick

ballad

Answer 1

In Hospital
by William Ernest Henley

Two and thirty is the ploughman.
He's a man of gallant inches,
And his hair is close and curly,
And his beard;
But his face is wan and sunken,
And his eyes are large and brilliant,
And his shoulder-blades are sharp,
And his knees.

Answer 2

@tylermcmullen23

Answer 3

well, i know its not limerick bc that would involve a rhyme scheme, and that isnt present in this poem. and it cant be a sonnet because that would have to contain 14 lines in order for it to be. and a ballad would have to have been passed from generation to generation, with an unknown author, like a myth. but with that being said, it does include free verse. because there is no rhyme scheme :)

Answer 4

thanks can you help me again?