Question

As he did “My Last Duchess,” poet Robert Browning used end-stopped lines in “Life in a Love” to _____.

Answer 1

As he did “My Last Duchess,” poet Robert Browning used end-stopped lines in “Life in a Love” to show where the speaker pauses.

Explanation: In the poem "Life in a Love", the narrator is addressing the possibility that his lover might leave him, and his pauses indicate that he is struggling to accept this. The narrator in "My Last Duchess" is also pausing because he convinced that his former wife was not faithful to him.

Answer 2

capture the rhythm of speech