I think it's "D". By spreading rumors and talking behind her back debased her good reputation. Hope that helps!
Answer:
competition is the answer
The correct answer is that he uses half-lines like in old English poetry. He doesn't mimic the capitalization nor does he uses popular names as the names were really used in that form, he didn't invent a new name with which he would mimic old names. In addition, the syllables are not unstressed.
It shows that there is a order, and the reader wont get mixed up from a bunch of commas, or a run on sentence.
Hope this helped !! :)
