she walks in beauty\ngeorge gordon byron\nshe walks in beauty, like the night\nof cloudless climes and…

she walks in beauty\ngeorge gordon byron\nshe walks in beauty, like the night\nof cloudless climes and starry skies;\nand all thats best of dark and bright\nmeet in her aspect and her eyes:\nthus mellowd to that tender light5\nwhich heaven to gaudy day denies.\none shade the more, one ray the less,\nhad half impaird the nameless grace\nwhich waves in every raven tress,\nor softly lightens oer her face;10\nwhere thoughts serenely sweet express\nhow pure, how dear their dwelling - place.\nand on that cheek, and oer that brow,\nso soft, so calm, yet eloquent,\nthe smiles that win, the tints that glow,15\nbut tell of days in goodness spent,\na mind at peace with all below,\na heart whose love is innocent!\nwhat may accurately be said about the structure of this poem?\na the meter is irregular.\nb the rhyme scheme is ababab.\nc the rhyme scheme is irregular.\nd each line is ten syllables long.

she walks in beauty\ngeorge gordon byron\nshe walks in beauty, like the night\nof cloudless climes and starry skies;\nand all thats best of dark and bright\nmeet in her aspect and her eyes:\nthus mellowd to that tender light5\nwhich heaven to gaudy day denies.\none shade the more, one ray the less,\nhad half impaird the nameless grace\nwhich waves in every raven tress,\nor softly lightens oer her face;10\nwhere thoughts serenely sweet express\nhow pure, how dear their dwelling - place.\nand on that cheek, and oer that brow,\nso soft, so calm, yet eloquent,\nthe smiles that win, the tints that glow,15\nbut tell of days in goodness spent,\na mind at peace with all below,\na heart whose love is innocent!\nwhat may accurately be said about the structure of this poem?\na the meter is irregular.\nb the rhyme scheme is ababab.\nc the rhyme scheme is irregular.\nd each line is ten syllables long.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

Let's analyze each option:

  • Option A: The meter of the poem is iambic tetrameter (four iambs per line, where an iamb is an unstressed - stressed syllable pair). So, the meter is regular.
  • Option B: Let's check the rhyme scheme.
    • In the first stanza: night (a), skies (b), bright (a), eyes (b), light (a), denies (b). The rhyme scheme is ABABAB.
    • In the second stanza: more (a), grace (b), tress (c), face (b), express (c), place (b).
    • In the third stanza: brow (a), eloquent (b), glow (a), spent (c), below (a), innocent (b).
    • Overall, the rhyme scheme is consistent as ABABAB for each stanza.
  • Option C: As shown above, the rhyme scheme is not irregular.
  • Option D: Each line is in iambic tetrameter, which has 8 syllables (4 iambs, 2 syllables per iamb: (4\times2 = 8)).

Answer:

B. The rhyme scheme is ABABAB.