Question

In Emily Dickinson's poetry, which help readers know to pause when reading and thereby help give the poems their rhythm? A. the dashes Dickinson uses B. the important words that Dickinson capitalizes C. the exclamation points that end each line D. Dickinson's long, complex words

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. The dashes Dickinson uses. She is famous for using dashes and people who read them for the first time are usually confused until they realize what they do and how the poems should be read. The dashes have become a distinctive part of her opus and it's easy to recognize things that she wrote.