How a poem rhymes could be considered part of the _____. context of the text content of the text form of the text narrative of the text

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Answer 1

Thank you, Timothy. The example that you have given, "fire", this word might have yet another meaning in the world of employment. Here are some other ideas:

1. Context of the text via-à-vis rhyme: To be a bit more literary, I will point out that rhyme may change in certain contexts. For example, Shakespeare used rhymed couplets very often as single commentaries upon the action going on in a play. The context might have been a particular event or an interchange that used the famous fourteen-line Shakespearean sonnet form, or it may have had no obvious rhyme, but the comment made thereafter by a different character would place that interchange into the thought context or the action context of the rest of the play. Other poets change rhyme patterns to make the reader notice a new idea or a new point of view. This is all context, to the poet, that is.
2. Content of the text: Once again, the poet may wish to change subjects, ideas, content writ large, with the poem. To make that happen, poets often change rhyming scheme, such as going from ABAB to ABAC or AAB, etc, where the A and B and C indicate line-final syllables.
3. Narrative: This is not only the overarching story, as Timothy writes, but it may be a sort of plot-line or character-definer, a literal narrative, in a long poem. Chaucer changed his rhyme schemes with different characters, indicating narrative, and Hugo indicated change in point of view and in the progress of a tale by changing rhyme schemes, patterns, etc.
4. Form: Yes, Timothy and others, this is the most obviously best alternative as an answer to a multiple-choice question about the importance of, definition of, role of, rhyme. After all, a writer or a speaker--ML King is an example of the latter--will choose the form of rhyme to make his words and ideas memorable and to help us understand, e.g.: segregation...discrimination, poverty...prosperity

I hope that this will offer extra insights?

Answer 2

Let's think about what each option means.

1. Context of the text. Context of the text refers to the background, the environment, etc. of a selection of text. Often this can be used to determine which meaning of an ambiguous word is intended by the author. For example, if a character utters the exclamation, "Fire!" and they are surrounded by burning things, then it probably refers to flame. If that same character is in charge of archers during a big battle, it probably is a command to those archers. Either way, the manner in which a poem rhymes is generally not relevant to the context of the text.
2. Content of the text. This is simply the information being provided by the text. As such,the manner in which a poem rhymes is generally not relevant to the content of the text.
3. Narrative of the text. Narrative of the text is the overarching story that the text is expressing. It isn't terribly relevant to the manner in which a poem rhymes.
4. Form of the text. This refers to the specific language used to express the ideas in the text. Of the four options, this is the most likely to be relevant to the manner in which a poem rhymes.

I hope that helps.