Answer:
This is a Lyric poem
Explanation:
The lyric poems are aimed to express strong emotons felt by one person, it is usually short and the author can make use of the literary devices such as meter or rhyme to make it sound musical. In the poem, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is expressing sad feelings comparing a rainny day with a negative life, we can notice it comparing the first stanza with the second one: "The day is cold, and dark, and dreary" (1st stanza) "My life is cold, and dark, and dreary" (2nd stanza).
Aditionally, he is using the rhyme lo make the poem sound more musical:
"The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary"
"The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall"
Answer:
B) a lyric poem
Explanation:
Lyric poetry is a type of poetry that deals with extremely personal and intense emotions. Because of this, lyric poetry tends to say a lot about the author, and is generally written in the first person. Lyric poetry was developed in Ancient Greece, and was originally accompanied by a musical instrument known as lyre. In this stanza, we can see that the poet employs vivid and emotional language, as well as a metric in order to convey a particular emotion to the reader.
