Praxis 5001 Practice Exams Practice Question
In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, It perched for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Glimmered the white moon-shine. (from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge): Line 1 best exemplifies which of the following structural elements of poetry?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Line 1 features a notable example of internal rhyme, where words within the same line rhyme with each other ("mist" and "shroud"), creating a musical quality and enhancing the poem's rhythm. This element draws attention to the imagery and atmosphere described.
Option B, iambic trimeter, is incorrect as the line does not consistently follow the unstressed-stressed pattern typical of iambic meter.
Option C, blank verse, refers to unrhymed iambic pentameter, which does not apply here due to the presence of rhyme and the line's meter.
Option D, a rhyming couplet, involves two consecutive lines that rhyme, which is not the case in a single line. Thus, only internal rhyme accurately captures the structural element present in the line.
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