Question 15 of 45intermediate🔧 ApplyShort Answer2 marks

Rewrite the following line from the poem in the correct order. But never had I seen before Such a funny sounding sight.

Correct Answer

I had never seen before such a funny sounding sight.

OR

I had never seen such a funny sounding sight before.

The poet has used inversion (changing the normal word order) in the line 'But never had I seen before Such a funny sounding sight' to maintain the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the poem.

The normal word order would be 'I had never seen before such a funny sounding sight' or 'I had never seen such a funny sounding sight before.'

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Explanation

The poet has used inversion (changing the normal word order) in the line 'But never had I seen before Such a funny sounding sight' to maintain the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the poem. The normal word order would be 'I had never seen before such a funny sounding sight' or 'I had never seen such a funny sounding sight before.'

Solution Steps

  1. Identify the poetic device used: inversion (changing the normal word order)

  2. Understand that inversion maintains the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the poem

  3. Rewrite in normal word order: I had never seen before such a funny sounding sight or I had never seen such a funny sounding sight before

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