Question

1. death stands above me, whispering low

i know not what into my ear
because it gives human characteristics to something nonhuman, what figure of speech is used in these lines?

1. the fair breeze blew, the white foam flew

because a rhyme occurs within a single line of verse, what kind of rhyme is this?

1. for while i sang—ah swift and strange

love passed and touched me on the brow.
and i who made so many songs
am silent now.
what is the rhyme scheme of this stanza of poetry?

1. all fools have still an itching to deride,

and fain would be upon the laughing side.
what is this two - line rhyming unit of poetry called?

Explanation:

Let's analyze each question:

Question 4:

The lines "Death stands above me, whispering low / I know not what into my ear" give human characteristics (whispering) to Death (a non - human entity). This figure of speech is personification.

Question 5:

The lines "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew" have the words "blew" and "flew" which rhyme within a single line. This type of rhyme is internal rhyme.

Question 6:

Let's label the lines of the stanza:
Line 1: "For while I sang—ah swift and strange"
Line 2: "Love passed and touched me on the brow."
Line 3: "And I who made so many songs"
Line 4: "Am silent now."

To find the rhyme scheme, we look at the end - words. Line 1 ends with "strange", Line 2 with "brow" (no rhyme with "strange"), Line 3 with "songs", Line 4 with "now" (no rhyme with "songs" or "strange" or "brow"). Wait, maybe a different approach. Wait, maybe I mislabeled. Let's check the sounds. "strange" and "songs" don't rhyme. "brow" and "now" rhyme (both have the "ow" sound). So the rhyme scheme is ABAB? Wait, no. Wait line 1: A (strange), line 2: B (brow), line 3: A (songs? No, "songs" and "strange" don't rhyme). Wait, maybe I made a mistake. Alternatively, maybe it's a different way. Wait, "brow" and "now" rhyme. So line 2 (brow) and line 4 (now) rhyme. Line 1 (strange) and line 3 (songs) don't rhyme. So the rhyme scheme is A B A B? No, "strange" and "songs" don't rhyme. Wait, maybe the rhyme scheme is A B C B. Line 1: A (strange), line 2: B (brow), line 3: C (songs), line 4: B (now). Yes, that makes sense as line 2 and line 4 rhyme.

Question 7:

A two - line rhyming unit in poetry is called a couplet. The given lines "All fools have still an itching to deride, / And fain would be upon the laughing side." are a couplet as they are two lines that rhyme (deride and side - well, maybe a slant rhyme, but the unit is a couplet).

Answer:

1. Personification
2. Internal Rhyme
3. The rhyme scheme is A B C B (or more precisely, line 2 "brow" and line 4 "now" rhyme, line 1 "strange" and line 3 "songs" do not, so the scheme can be represented as A B A B if we consider "strange" and "songs" as non - rhyming, but more accurately A B C B)
4. Couplet