I sailed in my dreams to the Land of Night
Where you were the dusk-eyed queen,
And there in the pallor of moon-veiled light
The loveliest things were seen…
A slim-necked peacock sauntered there
in a garden of lavender hues,
and you were strange with your purple hair
As you sat in your amethyst chair
With your feet in your hyacinth shoes
Oh, the moon gave a bluish light
Through the trees in the land of dreams and night.
I stood behind a bush of yellow-green
And whistled a song to the dark-haired queen…your hyacinth shoes.
Use the poem to answer the question.
How does the structure of the poem affect its meaning?
A) Each stanza has a different rhyme scheme, leading the reader through different moments in the speaker’s dream.
B) The last stanza’s two couplets emphasize the change in setting from the first and second stanzas.
C) A litany structure allows the poem to have a sing-song quality that aligns with the peaceful setting.
D) The use of three quatrains gives a consistent, ordered quality to the speaker’s whimsical descriptions of the dream.