POETRY

Which pair of lines from the passage contains a change in rhythm?

1 Like whooping cough, from child to child, / He sped to spread the rumor wild:

2 "Sure as my name is Jabez Dawes / There isn't any Santa Claus!"

3 Whispering low to every tot, / "There isn't any, no there's not!"

4 The children wept all Christmas Eve / And Jabez chortled up his sleeve.

Question

POETRY

Which pair of lines from the passage contains a change in rhythm?

1    Like whooping cough, from child to child, / He sped to spread the rumor wild:

2    "Sure as my name is Jabez Dawes / There isn't any Santa Claus!"

3   Whispering low to every tot, / "There isn't any, no there's not!"

4    The children wept all Christmas Eve / And Jabez chortled up his sleeve.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

I believe it is the first one based on the syllables

anonymous · Answer

But the second seems to change the most in rhythm.