<em>Answer:</em> 2. He uses dialect to better connect the message to the intended audience.
<em>Explanation</em>: I want to say that it is answer 2.)!
This is a very emotional poem that I had to analyze last semester, the message of the poem is very important to the author and poem itself. Dialect is generally a kind of language that people speak in a certain region or part of the country. The word "Alas!" in the first line can be dialect, it is helping to add to the message of the poem, and simply helps express sorrow.
Anyways, I hope this helps!
Answer:
He has fallen in love with a woman who lives there
Explanation:
According to A Retrieved Reformation by Ọ. Henry, story is told of a safecracker Jimmy Valentine who was always on the wrong side of the law and would flee his current town to evade the police.
He goes to the town of Elmore to hide but the main reason he STAYED was he met and fell in love with Annabel Adams and is determined to put his past behind him and lead an honest life.
