Question

Assess the poem below with respect to each characteristic of lyric poetry. Describe each characteristic as either matching the lyric poetry model or not.
POEM:

Waiting

So here I sit

For more than an hour

Patiently, patiently

Under your power

You said you’d call

I said I’d wait

Time is short

The hour is late

You said you’d call

I said I’d wait

I think I made

A costly mistake.



-Single speaker
-Personal views
-Rhythmic musical sound
-Single thought or observation
-Expresses an insight or truth
-Expresses feeling or emotion
-Vivid description
-Figurative language and imagery

Answer 1

-Rhythmic musical sound