Question

I am all alone in the house to-night;

They would not have gone away

Had they known of the terrible, bloodless fight

I have held with my heart to-day.

With the old sweet love and the old fierce pain

I have battled hour by hour;

But the fates have willed that the strife is vain.

Alone in the hour my thoughts have reign,

And I yield myself to their power.

Question
How does the rhyme and meter in the stanzas affect the meaning?(1 point)
Responses

They mimic the speaker's emotions by creating a chaotic pattern.
They mimic the speaker's emotions by creating a chaotic pattern.

They contradict the speaker's struggle by creating a songlike pattern.
They contradict the speaker's struggle by creating a songlike pattern.

They follow sonnet form to suggest the importance of the speaker's struggle.
They follow sonnet form to suggest the importance of the speaker's struggle.

They use iambic pentameter to highlight the speaker's back-and-forth thoughts.
They use iambic pentameter to highlight the speaker's back-and-forth thoughts.
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Answer 1

They contradict the speaker's struggle by creating a songlike pattern.

The regular end rhymes and musical meter give the stanza a steady, songlike quality that contrasts with the speaker’s inner turmoil.