1. What do you notice about the line breaks in the first poem? Does it follow syntax
or does it deviate from it? What kind of words does the line end with?
2.
For the second and third poems, answer the following questions: Is the
poem
enjambed or end-stopped? What do you notice about the length of the lines?
What is the poem trying to enact or do? Is the lineation warranted? Defend
your
answer.
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Answer:
The first line break fits intuitively with the syntax of the sentence, acting as a pause where a comma might otherwise be. The second line break, however, occurs at a point that is markedly at odds with where the syntax would dictate a pause.
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