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Prosody, Meter, and Poetic Structure
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British & World Literature
12.9 Prosody, Meter, and Poetic Structure
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I walked, and stopped, and listened, and I heard my own heart counting out the quiet seconds.
How does the repeated punctuation affect the rhythm and tone?
A
It slows the rhythm into a thoughtful, measured pace.
B
It makes the rhythm race forward breathlessly.
C
It creates a strict ABAB rhyme scheme.
D
It turns the lines into trochaic tetrameter.
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