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21 February, 10:31

Read this excerpt from "The Song of the Old Mother" by William Butler Yeats.

And the young lie long and dream in their bed

Of the matching of ribbons for bosom and head,

And their day goes over in idleness,

And they sigh if the wind but lift a tress:

While I must work because I am old,

And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.

Which statement best describes the effect of rhyme on this excerpt?

The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator's careless mistakes.

The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator's daydreams.

The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator's love of her children.

The rhyme scheme emphasizes the narrator's dull routine.

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  1. 21 February, 12:26
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    I think it is the last one, the lines say "I must work because I am old" and "gets feeble and cold". I think those lines are talking about her dull routine
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