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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• The meter of a poem is the rhythmic structure or pattern of accents in its lines.
• Alliterative meter is structured by a pattern of repeated sounds.
• Quantitative meter is structured by a pattern of long and short syllables.
• The Old English poem Widsith uses an alliterative meter.
• The Sanskrit poem Meghadūta uses a quantitative meter.

The student wants to emphasize a difference between the meters of the two poems. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Alliterative meter is a pattern of repeated sounds, but quantitative meter is a rhythmic structure or pattern of accents.

B

The lines of the poem Meghadūta use a pattern of long and short syllables, whereas Widsith’s lines use a pattern of repeated sounds.

C

The Sanskrit poem Meghadūta uses a quantitative meter, while the meter of the Old English poem Widsith uses a pattern of long and short syllables.

D

The poem Widsith is written in Old English, but Meghadūta is written in Sanskrit.