Nhận biết (M1)

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.

  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.

• B.

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

• C.

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

• D.

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