Read: "The poet repeats the word 'rain' in every stanza, until it seems to fall on the reader too." What effect does the repetition have?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. It immerses the reader in the mood of the poem
- Step 1: Repetition creates the sense of continuous rain surrounding the reader. Answer: It immerses the reader in the mood of the poem. Why not the others: It confuses the reader about the meaning of the poem, It makes the poem shorter and easier to remember and It changes the rhyme scheme of each stanza don't fit.
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