APLIT.042 Metrical Variation
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In the following original excerpt, consider the relationship between rhythm and meaning. 1 I followed every rule the garden gave, 2 the stake, the string, the pruning at the node; 3 unless — the wild vine crossed my ordered path, 4 and taught the gate another way to load. The abrupt stress and pause on 'unless' interrupts a list of orderly actions. How does the metrical break signal the poem's turn?