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Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. quatrain couplet octave sestet Poem Structure It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. (from "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe) arrowRight O thou, new-year, delaying long, Delayest the sorrow in my blood, That longs to burst a frozen bud And flood a fresher throat with song. (from "In Memoriam" by Alfred Lord Tennyson) arrowRight Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. (from "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost) arrowRight At Sestos Hero dwelt; Hero the fair, Whom young Apollo courted for her hair, And offered as a dower his burning throne, Where she should sit for men to gaze upon. The outside of her garments were of lawn, The lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "Hero and Leander" by Christopher Marlowe) arrowRight

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✨ Quatrain = A Stanza with Four lines . it usually has a rhyme that is the same in the last letter of every line . For example : A Quatrain From "Stopping By Woods On A snowy evening" By Robert Frost .

Couplet = A pair of two lines in a stanza with the same end rhyme . For example : A Couplet From " Green eggs and Ham " By Dr Suess.

Octave = A Stanza with eight lines in it . For example of an octave From " what is life ? " By samuel tylor coleridge

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Answer 2

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★ The title from "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe  should be paired with sestet.

★ The title from "In Memoriam" by Alfred Lord Tennyson  should be paired with quatrain.

★ The tile from "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost  should be paired with octave.

★ The title from "Hero and Leander" by Christopher Marlowe  should be paired with couplet.