Question

Which statement describes a characteristic of the poem's structure?

A. It does not rhyme.
B. It contains six stanzas.
C. It has 14 lines.
D. It ends with a couplet.

Answer 1

Read "Forgetfulness" by Billy Collins.

The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel
which suddenly becomes one you have never read,
never even heard of,

as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor
decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain,
to a little fishing village where there are no phones.

Long ago you kissed the names of the nine Muses goodbye
and watched the quadratic equation pack its bag,
and even now as you memorize the order of the planets,

something else is slipping away, a state flower perhaps,
the address of an uncle, the capital of Paraguay.

Whatever it is you are struggling to remember,
it is not poised on the tip of your tongue,
not even lurking in some obscure corner of your spleen.

It has floated away down a dark mythological river
whose name begins with an L as far as you can recall,
well on your own way to oblivion where you will join those
who have even forgotten how to swim and how to ride a bicycle.

No wonder you rise in the middle of the night
to look up the date of a famous battle in a book on war.
No wonder the moon in the window seems to have drifted
out of a love poem that you used to know by heart.

Answer 2

@Valirium

Answer 3

well its not c because there are 24 lines

Answer 4

its not B because the poem has 7 stanzas

Answer 5

A couplet usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse.

Answer 6

do you think the poem has a couplet?

Answer 7

Since we canceled out 2 choices already (B and C) we have two more choices left (A and D). What do u think the answer is?

Answer 8

what is couplet

Answer 9

I typed it up above do u see it

Answer 10

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Answer 11

A couplet usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse.

Answer 12

okay yh i do now sorry

Answer 13

don't worry about it, let me know when you figure out the answer

Answer 14

i believe the answer is A @OtherWorldly

Answer 15

Ding ding ding we have a winner, good job :)

Answer 16

lmao thanks love

Answer 17

no problem :3