<span>First person singular, past tense of the verb "to be": I WAS.</span>
Answer: The couplet allows for parallel form connecting the elements of thought.
Here are the connections:
God directs - from his head
guard him from on high- let ev'ry evil fly
Answer:
A.The first focuses on Barbara's actions and the second on Jackson's.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.", the author writes about Barbara sitting close to her attic window to show that her heart was loyal and then on the other couptet, the author describes Jackson as a "rebel", riding ahead.
The best description of the rhyming couplets in the excerpt is: The first focuses on Barbara's actions and the second on Jackson's.