Question

1 ) Read Emily wingspaninson’s poem to answer the question.

“My life closed twice before its close—
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me

So huge—so hopeless to conceive
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven—
And all we need of hell.”

What is the most accurate interpretation of the dashes' effect in the poem?

A) The dashes in each line cause the reader to notice them because they are different.

B) The repetition of dashes causes the pace of the p

C) The dashes cause the reader to slow down and ponder the ideas