Question

Why does Emily Dickinson uses stanzas in her poem "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"?

Answer 1

Emily Dickinson uses stanzas in the poem "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" to create rhythm and organize her thoughts in units.  Each unit suggests a specific pattern in a rhythmic sense, in this poem she uses thirty lines divided into five stanzas.  In this poem she alternates line of eight syllables and six syllables.  

   

Answer 2

The CORRECT answer is:

Emily Dickinson uses four-line stanzas to create space and slow the pace of the poem.

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