Awake

Question

by A. Gautam

My mind is a starry night
Thoughts twinkle left and right
I try to shut them with all my might

But, my mind is a fish bazaar
Words come to me from near and far
Unstoppable even with an imaginary bar

Yes, my mind is a stormy sea
Ignorant to my own plea
Wide awake it wants to be

Which of these is true about this poem?
A.
The poem has the same end rhyme in all the lines.
B.
Within each stanza, all the lines end in the same rhyme.
C.
Only the odd lines in each stanza share a rhyme.
D.
Every other line of each stanza shares a rhyme.

Answer 1

To analyze the poem:

1. First stanza:

   • "night" (A)
   • "right" (A)
   • "might" (A)

   All lines share the same end rhyme (A).

2. Second stanza:

   • "bazaar" (B)
   • "far" (B)
   • "bar" (B)

   All lines share the same end rhyme (B).

3. Third stanza:

   • "sea" (C)
   • "plea" (C)
   • "be" (C)

   All lines share the same end rhyme (C).

From this analysis, we can see that within each stanza, all the lines end in the same rhyme.

Therefore, the correct answer is: B. Within each stanza, all the lines end in the same rhyme.