C. It allows the poet to create a steady rhythm throughout.
<span>It was Higgins who said these lines: "The police shall take you up. This is a plant—a plot to extort money by threats. I shall telephone for the police.
Higgins said the lines above to bully Doolittle. Thus, the answer is the first option,
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This would be considered a simile. Simile's use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.
I'm pretty sure the answer is B :)
B) be + verb + -ing
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