CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE TREES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the stucture of the whole poem?
A
3 quatrains
B
Free verses
C
4 quatrains
D
3 stanzas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The variation of the sonnet form that Shakespeare used-comprised of three quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg-is called the English or Shakespearean sonnet form, although others had used it before him.

Detailed explanation-2: -A four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes, including:-ABAC or ABCB (known as unbounded or ballad quatrain), as in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” or “Sadie and Maud” by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Detailed explanation-3: -The basic elements of poetry include meter, rhyme, scheme, verse, and stanza. In order to dive deeper into poetry, students will first need to understand these structural elements.

Detailed explanation-4: -A stanzaic poem of 18 lines, consisting of 3 quatrains and a sestet. It is isosyllabic, each line have 8 syllables.

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