Silkweed - Poem by Philip Henry Savage
Here are the syllables in the first line:
Ligh ter than dan de li on down
LIGHTER than dandelion down,
Or feathers from the white moth's wing,
Out of the gates of bramble-town
The silkweed goes a-gypsying.
Too fair to fly in autumn's rout,
All winter in the sheath it lay;
But now, when spring is pushing out,
The zephyr calls, 'Away! Away!'
Through mullein, bramble, brake, and fern,
Up from their cradle-spring they fly,
Beyond the boundary wall to turn
And voyage through the friendly sky.
Softly, as if instinct with thought,
They float and drift, delay and turn;
And one avoids and one is caught
Between an oak-leaf and a fern.
And one holds by an airy line
The spider drew from tree to tree;
And if the web is light and fine,
'T is not so light and fine as he!
And one goes questing up the wall
As if to find a door; and then,
As if he did not care at all,
Goes over and adown the glen.
And all in airiest fashion fare
Adventuring, as if, indeed,
'T were not so grave a thing to bear
The burden of a seed!
Philip Henry Savage
how many syllables are in each line of the poem “silkweed” by philip henry savage?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
6 answers
so is it c?
Yes, c. Each line has 8 syllables.
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