The best answer would be each of the boys had prepared for their remark well. Since the boys is plural.
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divine1
"I must not only punish but punish with impunity."
Do you have choices or idk maybe a passage title so I can read it?
Answer:
It slows the pace of the poem down to purposefully confuse the reader. It builds up anticipation about what will happen when the highwayman arrives. It helps to establish the setting of the town and the countryside.
Walk Two moons by Sharon Creech is about a girl named Sal for short and she moves with her father John to Ohio. He moves because he wants to be closer to a girl named Margret. Sal thinks her father likes her but its not true. The story is kinda complicated and later on, it includes Sal's gram (not gramps) that dies.
