Question

Read the poem excerpt. As every eye awaits her hand To cue the members of the band. Which statement best describes the meter? The meter is free, imitating the flow of conversational speech. The meter is free, making the poem unpredictable. The meter is fixed, and every syllable is stressed. The meter is fixed, drawing attention to the end rhyme.

Answer 1

Answer:

“As every eye awaits her hand To cue the members of the band.”

The meter is fixed, drawing attention to the end rhyme best describes the meter.

Explanation:

• The fundamental rhythmic framework of a line in a poem is called the meter.
• There are two parts to a meter:

1. Number of syllables
2. A consistent emphatic pattern for those syllables

• The constituent parts that make up a line of poetry are called "foot," and they can be separated into separate lines of poetry.
• A poem's foot has a certain amount of syllables and stress placement.
• In the above poem excerpt, since both lines contain the same number of syllables and the same accent pattern indicates that the meter is fixed.
• However, only the syllables necessary for the pattern are emphasized; the others are not.

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