wheree is it? and i'll answer if you edit it in
I am pretty sure it would be massive because it is an English question. If you are doing a multiple choice question you should see which one fits the best. If could also be positive impact.
This passage comes from “<u><em>The Rainy Day</em></u>” written by <em>H.W. Longfellow</em> and it points out that in life everyone will experience sorrow or heartache, but there is always hope for something better so we must stop complaining.
Question: Identify the meter. Then identify the effect of that meter.
Answer: A. unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed. It gives the poem a reflective mood.
Answer and Explanation:
Sofocles decided that the catastrophe involving Oedipus and Jocasta should take place offstage and that these facts be presented by a servant. This decision was made to allow the narrative to increase dramatically, without being appealing and stimulating the public's imagination.
This is because when the servant is placed as the bearer of the catastrophe information, the public can use his words and create his own image of what happened and may even doubt that the facts narrated are real. Sofocle, then, gave the public autonomy over the tragic end of the story.
