Question

What effect does the syntax of these lines from a poem convey?

If I ever catch him,
Lawd, have pity!
Calling me up
From Kansas City.

Just to say he loves me!
I knowed that was so.
Why didn't he tell me some'n
I don't know?
(from "Madame and Her Phone Bill" by Langston Hughes)

boldness
jerkiness
slowness
irreguality

Answer 1

Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. in other words the order of words to give them meaning.
Example- I let her borrow my phone.
If you change the syntax, it would be- The phone was borrowed by her.

Answer 2

Jerkiness is the quality of being spasmodic and irregular.
spasmodic is occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.
Here, the author is speaking in slang, and randomly. So i would guess it is B. Hope it helped:)