it’s either b or d but i’m pretty sure it’s d
The author decided to include this because it creates the ambiguity of what happened afterwards, symbolizing how readers have an ambiguous idea of how the author's friend died. The couplets in the poem represent the friendship, and in other forms of writing this syntax would not be possible.
The setting of the opening scene has the following effects on the play Macbeth - it creates a sense of mystery and gloom.
The first scene sets the scene for the remainder of the play - it is going to be dark and mysterious, and about murder and death, and the first scene foreshadows it all.
