Question

I sailed in my dreams to the Land of Night

Where you were the dusk-eyed queen,

And there in the pallor of moon-veiled light

The loveliest things were seen…

A slim-necked peacock sauntered there

in a garden of lavender hues,

and you were strange with your purple hair

As you sat in your amethyst chair

With your feet in your hyacinth shoes.

Oh, the moon gave a bluish light

Through the trees in the land of dreams and night.

I stood behind a bush of yellow-green

And whistled a song to the dark-haired queen…

Use the poem to answer the question.

How does the structure of the poem affect its meaning?


A litany structure allows the poem to have a sing-song quality that aligns with the peaceful setting.

Each stanza has a different rhyme scheme, leading the reader through different moments in the speaker’s dream.

The use of three quatrains gives a consistent, ordered quality to the speaker’s whimsical descriptions of the dream.

The last stanza’s two couplets emphasize the change in setting from the first and second stanzas.

Answer 1

Each stanza has a different rhyme scheme, leading the reader through different moments in the speaker’s dream.