The correct answer should be "it forces the reader to pause, emphasizing the calm of the snow." because the tone of the poem is peaceful and content, not choppy and nervous
I would say the answer is complex
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"Now, if I kill him here, Nagalna will know, and if I fight him on the open floor, the odds are in his favor. What am I to do?" said Rikki-tikki-tavi.
Nag waved to and fro, and then Rikki-tikki heard him drinking from the biggest water-jar that was used to fill the bath. "That is good," said the
snake. "Now, when Karalt was killed, the big man had a stick. He may have that stick still, but when he comes in to bathe in the morning he will
not have a stick.
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