Answer:
He has fallen in love with a woman who lives there
Explanation:
According to A Retrieved Reformation by Ọ. Henry, story is told of a safecracker Jimmy Valentine who was always on the wrong side of the law and would flee his current town to evade the police.
He goes to the town of Elmore to hide but the main reason he STAYED was he met and fell in love with Annabel Adams and is determined to put his past behind him and lead an honest life.
I've been meaning to <em>ask you</em>
If that's not too <em>drastical</em>
wonder if it's <em>okay</em>
To pick you up by<em> eight</em>
The rhyme scheme of this poem is AABB. The rhyme in this poem is achieved by the pronounciation and stress put into "ask you"; stressing ASK and then stressing the first syllabe of "drastical" and this way the rhyme on the first two lines is completed. Then for the last two lines the rhyme is achieved and the whole stanza resolved by stressing "okAY" and then "Eight".
Meter:
The stanza's meter is trochaic tetrameter (4 trochees, 8 syllables)
<em>I</em><em>'ve</em> <em>been </em>| <em>meaning</em><em> </em>| <em>to</em> | ask you
if that's | not | too | drastical
wonder | if | it's | okay
To pick | you up | by | eight
This rhyme scheme and meter are most used by rap artist for it's impact and flexibility to create a rhyme. The stressed words are the ones that address the receiver of the message that is a proposition for a meeting or a date. This poem is fitting for the rap music genre, for it's pronounciation of key words (with a suburban accent) completes the rhyme in the second and third lines ("oKAY" and "DRAStical").
If you cross multiply and divide them you get the answer of
486.7
Answer:
Not Bad
Explanation:
Doin Alright, How bout You
He compares the poem to the moon, mainly because of the moon's slow, and gracious movement on the sky. According to the poet, "<span>Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves" is the description of how the poem should slowly and carefully flow to the end, just like the moon during a winter night. Poem should be motionless - should capture reader's attention, and entangle him in it completely. </span>
