Question

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Read the passage from "Rainy Day."

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

Identify the meter. Then identify the effect of that meter.

Question 1 options:

STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed. It allows you to visualize the speaker.


unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED. It is reminiscent of slow, ponderous raindrops.


unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED. It gives the poem a reflective mood.


unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED. It emphasizes the dreariness of life.

Consider giving explanation, thanks!

Answer 1

I'd say it emphasizes the dreariness of life. It talks and makes you imagine a dark, cold, wet night, with rain falling down and leaves falling down.

It doesn't talk about anything happy or bright. It just lets you imagine a dark, rainy night, and that symbolizes dreariness, or more specifically, the dreariness in life.