Question

adapted from Home, Sweet Home!
by John Howard Payne

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to carry us there,
Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home! Home! Sweet, sweet Home!
There's no place like Home! There's no place like Home!

An exile from Home, splendor dazzles in vain;
O, give me my little thatched cottage again!
The birds singing gaily, that came at my call,—
Give me them,—and the peace of mind, dearer than all!
Home! Home! Sweet, sweet Home!
There's no place like Home! There's no place like Home!

How sweet it is to sit beneath a fond father's smile,
And the cares of a mother to soothe and beguile1!
Let others delight 'mid new pleasures to roam,
But give me, oh, give me, the pleasures of Home!
Home! Home! Sweet, sweet Home!
There's no place like Home! There's no place like Home!

To thee I'll return, overburdened with care;
The heart's dearest comfort will smile on me there;
No more from that cottage again will I roam;
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Home.
Home! Home! Sweet, sweet Home!
There's no place like Home! There's no place like Home!
1. To charm or enchant someone
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How does the poet's idea of home contribute to the structure of the poem?
A.
The poet ironically uses the line "Sweet, sweet Home!" throughout the poem to highlight his desire for having a home just like his friends do.
B.
The poet repeats the line "There's no place like Home!" in every stanza to emphasize the love for his home.
C.
The poet uses free verse as the poem's main style to highlight his mixed feelings and thoughts about finally returning to his home.
D.
The poet uses a rhyme scheme in every stanza of the poem to describe different types of homes and to add a melodious effect to the poem.

Answer 1

B

The repeated line (refrain) "There's no place like Home!" appears in every stanza, reinforcing the speaker's affection for home and shaping the poem's structure and musicality.