Carley Cobb

English

6 September, 15:58

Why might "The Song of the Wreck" be considered a ballad? a) because it uses an irregular rhyme scheme; but the meter is iambic trimeter throughout, and the subject is a historically significant event b) because it uses a simple rhyme scheme, discusses a somber theme, and uses an alternating meter of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter c) because it uses an abcb rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter throughout the poem, and the subject matter of the poem is dark d) because it's written in blank verse, and the subject matter of the poem is mythological