Question

In the solitary reaper by William Wordsworth Select two statements showing how the combination of the two rhyme schemes, in each stanza,

creates ambiguity.
A. By enhancing the speaker's questioning and the maiden's unclear responses.
B. By portraying how the speaker is unconcerned with discovering the maiden's subject of the song.
C. By enhancing the speaker's thoughts about the contents of the maiden's song and the realization
of her topic.
D. By enhancing the speaker's struggle to make sense of the song because it has a break in
consistency within each stanza.
E. By portraying an indecisiveness reflecting the speaker's multiple attempts, and failures, to
discover the subject of the maiden's song.

Answer 1

The combination of two rhyme schemes in each stanza of 'The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth creates ambiguity by enhancing the speaker's questioning and the maiden's unclear responses, by enhancing the speaker's struggle to make sense of the song, and by portraying an indecisiveness reflecting the speaker's multiple attempts, and failures, to discover the subject of the maiden's song. The correct answer is option A, D. and E.

Step-by-step explanation:

The combination of two rhyme schemes in each stanza of 'The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth creates ambiguity in several ways:

1. By enhancing the speaker's questioning and the maiden's unclear responses. The rhyme scheme helps convey the speaker's confusion and uncertainty as he tries to understand the meaning of the maiden's song. The ambiguity in the speaker's thoughts is mirrored in the ambiguity of the maiden's responses.
2. By enhancing the speaker's struggle to make sense of the song. The break in consistency within each stanza, represented by the varied rhyme schemes, adds to the difficulty the speaker faces in understanding the song. This adds to the overall ambiguity of the poem.
3. By portraying an indecisiveness reflecting the speaker's multiple attempts, and failures, to discover the subject of the maiden's song. The ambiguity created by the combination of two rhyme schemes highlights the speaker's repeated attempts to uncover the meaning of the song. The lack of clarity in the rhyme patterns reflects the lack of clarity in the speaker's understanding.