It allows you to focus on a single thought or idea which naturally prevents distraction from other random ideas,thoughts or emotions
An argumentative text claims that a certain opinion is the only valid opinion.
Lowell uses a simile in the second and third line: “The world beats dead / Like a slackened drum.”
The correct answer is paradox.
Paradox is a figure of speech that combines two completely opposite things into one. In the excerpt above, we can see that the speaker is willing to wait for his/her loved one his/her entire life, however, only if they don't take too long to get to him/her. This is a paradox because they weren't willing to wait for them long in the first place, as it turns out.
Answer:
c
Explanation:
because your starting a conversation with them witch has been given the term breaking the ice