Answer:
If your options are:
A. The poem uses variations of meter to affect rhyme.
B. The poem’s sentences flow across stanzas.
C. The poem’s stanzas have varying lengths.
D. The poem uses nontraditional syntax and rhyme scheme.
Then the answer is D.
Explanation:
The nontraditional syntax is best shown in the use of enjambment - interrupting the thought and syntactic structure in the middle and moving the rest to the next line. For example: "and older than the // flow of human blood (...)"
Here, the definite article "the" has been separated from the noun "flow", which means the phrase is visually broken in half.
- A isn't true because this poem conveys its meaning through rhythm and not rhyme. There are virtually no rhymes here and the syntax (sentence structure) is disrupted, invoking the sound of a river flowing in irregular but consistent waves.
- B isn't true because the sentences do flow across lines but not across stanzas.
- The stanzas do have varying lengths. But even though this element was pretty rare prior to the 20th century, it is not exclusive to modernist poetry. That's why C isn't true either.
Answer:
B. Tension
Explanation:
Tension element is basically important in order to engage the audience. Shakespeare lets the audience witness lady Macbeth’s descent into mental distress and ultimate death before Macbeth. This will create tension aspect in audience such as concern, anxiety, excitement or tension. Tension is an element to convey the story of a play to the audience and keep the audience involved in a play. Tension also grows when the play reaches its climax. Such an event when the audience knows about the incident or event and the character doesn’t creates tension to the audience. However the variations are important throughout the play so that the audience can take it easy and get prepared for the next surprise of tension they will encounter.
I believe the answer is *C. Pathos*
