Question

GIVING BRAINLYST

Answer 1

The correct answer is: “It gives the passage a breathless, suspenseful feel.”. Taken from the poem “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes (1906), the effect of the punctuation in the passage presented above is to create suspense, since it is a surprise to receive a troop of British soldiers instead of the highwayman. Throughout the poem, Noyes uses different tools to mimic sound. For instance, the lines are used to echo the sounds as in the passage above (Marching—marching—). Moreover, the lines emphasize the repetitive rhythm of the marching.

Answer 2

It gives the passage a breathless, suspenseful feel.