Question

Use the passage to answer the question.
The Odyssey
by Homer
First I release myself, my fellows last:

Fat sheep and goats in throngs we drive before,

And reach our vessel on the winding shore.

With joy the sailors view their friends return’d,

And hail us living whom as dead they mourn’d

Big tears of transport stand in every eye:

I check their fondness, and command to fly.
Which structural element of epic poetry does this passage reflect?

(1 point)
Responses

parallel structure
parallel structure

climax
climax

rising action
rising action

falling action

Answer 1

Falling action

Explanation: The passage describes the immediate aftermath of the central conflict (the escape and return to the ship) and moves the plot toward resolution, which characterizes falling action.