To evoke a sullen response, someone could punish another person.
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A new study is the first to compare professional electronic sport (esport) players with recreational video game players and explores the similarities and differences between what motivates each group. While the two groups are psychosocially different, they found that both esport and recreational gamers run the risk of developing internet gaming disorder when their intense immersion in the activity is tied to escapism.
He uses a technique called enjambment. It is when you don't end your thought within a single line, but transfer it to the next line of the poem, which is evident here.