Question

Which of the following structural elements best supports the interpretation that the rain is a powerful force in the narrator’s life?
A.the trochees and the iambic pentameter

B.the uneven meter in the lines and enjambment

C.the onomatopoeia and the couplet

D.the alternating rhyme and the meter

E.the dactyls and the half-rhymes

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Answer 1

The following structural elements best support the interpretation that the rain is a powerful force in the narrator's life:

C. The onomatopoeia and the couplet.

The couple is what closes the poem. It emphasizes rain’s presence on the poem as the rhyme of the couplet is the word ‘rain’.