Question

purpose for reading: in today’s reading of \ghost house,\ by robert frost, you will explore the poet’s reflection on memory, nature, and the passage of time. pay attention to how the author uses the elements of poetry to develop the theme and mood of the poem.
\ghost house\ by robert frost
1 i dwell in a lonely house i know
that vanished many a summer ago,
and left no trace but the cellar walls,
and a cellar in which the daylight falls,
5 and the purple - stemmed wild raspberries grow.
o’er ruined fences the grape - vines shield
the woods come back to the mowing field;
the orchard tree has grown one copse
of new wood and old where the woodpecker chops;

how does the poem’s structure contribute to its mood?
○ the irregular stanza lengths create a feeling of confusion.
○ the lack of a rhyme scheme creates a feeling of chaos.
○ the varied length of lines creates a choppy and disconnected mood.
○ the consistent stanza lengths and rhyme patterns create a calm but eerie mood.

Explanation:

In "Ghost House", the poem has a consistent structure (stanza lengths and rhyme patterns) which gives a sense of calmness, yet the theme of a ghost house and nature reclaiming it adds an eerie tone. The other options are incorrect: irregular stanzas wouldn't create confusion here, lack of rhyme scheme isn't the case (the poem has a consistent rhyme), and varied line lengths don't match the poem's structure.

Answer:

The consistent stanza lengths and rhyme patterns create a calm but eerie mood.