Arhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme found at the end of each line or verse in a poem. one example is the alternate rhyme scheme, in which every other line rhymes (abab). which best explains why the first four lines of afternoon on a hill do or do not follow this rhyme scheme? a) it does follow the scheme because lines 2 and 4 rhyme. b) it does follow the scheme because lines 1 and 3 rhyme. c) it does not follow the scheme because lines 2 and 4 do not rhyme. d) it does not follow the scheme because lines 1 and 3 do not rhyme.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme