In the poem “City Rhythm,” the speaker is inspired by the “instruments” found in the streets of the city. Write an original narr
ative story that describes the events of the poem from the point of view of a bystander. In your story, use what you have learned about the speaker and setting to convey the bystander’s attitude toward the city music. In your story, provide meaningful, concrete, and sufficient details about the character's experience based on information stated explicitly or logically inferred from the poem.
Sample Response: "Sea Fever” by John Masefield uses several poetic devices that classify it as a fixed form poem. It has three stanzas of four lines each; it has a repeating aabb, ccdd, eeff rhyme scheme; and each line is about the same length and uses the same rhythmic pattern.