Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “love compared” by nizar qabbani i do not resemble your other lovers, my lady should another give you a cloud i give you rain should he give you a lantern, i will give you the moon should he give you a branch i will give you the trees and if another gives you a ship i shall give you the journey. source: qabbani, nizar. "love compared." oldpoetry. com. oldpoetry. com, n. d. web. 17 may 2011. which statement describes this poem best? the poem is an example of a modern sonnet. the poem uses parody and iambic pentameter. the poem is an example of a blazon. the poem uses imagery to show the speaker’s love

The correct answer is “The poem uses imagery to show the speaker’s love.”

Indeed, the poem uses figurative Amplificatio in order to signify the intensity of the authors love for the subject of such. The contrastive amplification  is used in each stanza to show that the author’s love is stronger, bigger and more essential that that of the other lovers.

The poem uses imagery to show the speaker’s love

I used process of elimination for this one. The poem is not a modern sonnet. Sonnets are 14 lines and this one is only 9 lines. The poem does not use iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter has ten syllables per line. The first line, "I do not resemble your other lovers, my lady" has 14 syllables. A blazon is a love poem that describes the physical characteristics of the speaker's beloved in a very overly dramatic way. The speaker is not describing a beloved in this poem. The only answer left is imagery. Imagery is the use of words to create images in the reader's mind. Here the images change from something small that is offered to something bigger that the speaker offers.

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