Which element of modernist poetry is evident in this excerpt from "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes? I've known ri
vers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. The poem uses variations of meter to affect rhyme. The poem’s sentences flow across stanzas. The poem’s stanzas have varying lengths. The poem uses nontraditional syntax and rhyme scheme. NextReset
The correct answer is D) The poem uses nontraditional syntax and rhyme scheme.
Explanation:
Modern poetry tends to use a different type of syntax and rhyme. The writer has the right to adopt the rhythm to the mood to modulate metric as he or she is writing. There are other elements that are really important in modern poetry such as the genre, the speaker, the setting, the tone, etc.
