Question

awake
by a. gautam
my mind is a starry night
thoughts twinkle left and right
i try to shut them with all my might
but, my mind is a fish bazaar
words come to me from near and far
unstoppable even with an imaginary bar
yes, my mind is a stormy sea
ignorant to my own plea
wide awake it wants to be
which of these is true about this poem?
a. within each stanza, all the lines end in the same rhyme.
b. only the odd lines in each stanza share a rhyme.
c. the poem has the same end rhyme in all the lines.
d. every other line of each stanza shares a rhyme.

Explanation:

To determine the correct option, we analyze the rhyme scheme of each stanza.

• First stanza: "night" (line 1), "right" (line 2), "might" (line 3) – these end with the same rhyme (-ight).
• Second stanza: "bazaar" (line 1), "far" (line 2), "bar" (line 3) – these end with the same rhyme (-ar).
• Third stanza: "sea" (line 1), "plea" (line 2), "be" (line 3) – these end with the same rhyme (-ea).

So within each stanza, all three lines end with the same rhyme. Let's check the options:

• Option A: Matches our analysis as each stanza's lines have the same end rhyme.
• Option B: Incorrect, as odd lines don't share a unique rhyme different from even lines (all lines in a stanza rhyme).
• Option C: Incorrect, as different stanzas have different rhymes (e.g., -ight, -ar, -ea are not the same across all lines).
• Option D: Incorrect, as it's not every other line but all lines in a stanza that rhyme.

Answer:

A. Within each stanza, all the lines end in the same rhyme.