Question

Which of the following distinctions does NOT characterize the difference between the two stanzas?

• A. A shift from perfect rhyme to slant ryme
• B. A change in speaker
• C. The passage of time
• D. A movement from metaphorical to literal language
• E. A switch from remembered speech to reflection

Answer 1

The correct option is D A movement from metaphorical to literal language

All of the choices except D occur in the poem and thereby distinguishes one stanza from the another-

(A) in the first four lines there's perfect rhyme ['devil'/ 'level' and 'try'/ 'tie'} whereas in the last lines of the poem there's slant rhyme (see that the words rhyme but doesn't sound like it) 'ground'/'errand' and 'him'/'game'

(B)the first four lines are said by a "him" and the listener is the poet but the last four lines are said by the poet

(C)It seems like a passage of time occurs in the poem

(E)"But still he was glad, I know," seems like a reflection on the part of the poet and the first four lines are remembered speech.

However, there's no metaphorical language used in the poem so there's no shift from metaphorical to literal language. Option D is the answer.