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Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow. The Bride.

      

Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow.

The Bride.

Why do you wear that dress so white?
Why do you wear that veil so light?
Why do your young eyes shine so bright?
Is it your wedding?
I wear dress and veil to show
That gladly to my love I go
My young eyes shine because I know
It is my wedding.

(i) Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem?

(ii) Using illustrations show how rhythm has been achieved in the poem.

(iii) Would you use the rising or the falling intonation in reading line 3 in stanza one in this poem? Give reason.

(iv) How would you say the last line of the second stanza?

  

Answers


Martin
(i) the rhyme scheme is aa ab cc cb

It is regular and the next pattern is predictable.

(ii) Through use of
-Repetition of words/lines eg ' why do you'
-rhyme eg white light bright
- alliteration eg why wear white
- assonance eg shine bright
NB. Any three: Identification

(iii) Falling intonation. It is a why- question

(iv) With a falling intonation to show finality (repeat a no verbal cue which should also be centralized or linked to
the line)eg appropriate facial expression, body movement, use of gestures, tone variation etc
marto answered the question on May 24, 2019 at 06:58


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    Date posted: May 23, 2019.  Answers (1)