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instructions for student: reread lines 10-15. then answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.
from he house on the hill\ by edwin arlington robinson
10 why is it then we stray
11 around that sunken sill?
12 they are all gone away,
13 and our poor fancy-play
14 for them is wasted skill:
15 there is nothing more to say.
1. which of the following features of the author’s style is a characteristic of the villanelle form?
a. the use of quatrains
b. the regular rhyme scheme
c. the use of ten syllables per line
d. the use of alliteration
2. notice that lines 12-15 are all one sentence. the sentence is split between stanzas to fit the villanelle form, but what meaning might that stanza break also indicate?
a. the stanza break makes it seem like the speaker is glad that the people went away.
b. the stanza break leads to a feeling of excitement for what will come next.
c. the stanza break creates a fast pace, which shows that the speaker is in a hurry to get away from the house.
d. the stanza break indicates a pause in the speaker’s thoughts that reflects his sadness.

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instructions for student: reread lines 10-15. then answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.
from 	he house on the hill\ by edwin arlington robinson
10 why is it then we stray
11 around that sunken sill?
12 they are all gone away,
13 and our poor fancy-play
14 for them is wasted skill:
15 there is nothing more to say.
1. which of the following features of the author’s style is a characteristic of the villanelle form?
a. the use of quatrains
b. the regular rhyme scheme
c. the use of ten syllables per line
d. the use of alliteration
2. notice that lines 12-15 are all one sentence. the sentence is split between stanzas to fit the villanelle form, but what meaning might that stanza break also indicate?
a. the stanza break makes it seem like the speaker is glad that the people went away.
b. the stanza break leads to a feeling of excitement for what will come next.
c. the stanza break creates a fast pace, which shows that the speaker is in a hurry to get away from the house.
d. the stanza break indicates a pause in the speaker’s thoughts that reflects his sadness.

Accepted Answer

### Question 1
# Brief Explanations:
To determine the characteristic of the villanelle form:
- A villanelle has a strict, regular rhyme scheme (repeating refrains and a specific rhyme pattern).
- Quatrains are not typical of villanelles (they use tercets and a final quatrain, but the key is rhyme scheme).
- Ten syllables per line is more common in iambic pentameter (not unique to villanelles).
- Alliteration is a sound device, not a form characteristic.

So the correct feature is the regular rhyme scheme.

# Answer:
B. the regular rhyme scheme

### Question 2
# Brief Explanations:
Analyze the stanza break’s meaning:
- The poem’s tone is sad (people are gone, “wasted skill,” “nothing more to say”).
- Option A: The speaker is not glad (tone is somber).
- Option B: No excitement (tone is melancholic).
- Option C: No fast pace or hurry (tone is slow, reflective).
- Option D: A pause in thoughts reflects sadness (matches the somber tone and the split sentence showing a reflective, sad pause).

# Answer:
D. The stanza break indicates a pause in the speaker’s thoughts that reflects his sadness.

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