Read the original excerpt about an actor after applause. Which analysis correctly traces the rhyme pattern and its effect on expectation?
Original excerpt:
1. The actor praised sincerity as flame
2. The critic watched from velvet near the shore
3. A chandelier invented drops of rain
4. The audience rustled, wanting something more
5. He bowed until applause restored his name
6. Backstage, the mirror hardened into stone
7. One understudy hummed what he should be
8. The costume breathed, unfastened, into sea
9. And left him staring, grandly, but alone