Question

As he did “My Last Duchess,” poet Robert Browning used end-stopped lines in “Life in a Love” to _____.

capture the rhythm of speech



create a mixture of short and long lines



give the poem a formal structure



show where the speaker pauses

Answer 1

capture the rhythm of speech

Answer 2

As he did “My Last Duchess,” poet Robert Browning used end-stopped lines in “Life in a Love” to show where the speaker pauses.

Step-by-step explanation: In the poem "Life in a Love", the narrator is addressing the possibility that his lover might leave him, and his pauses indicate that he is struggling to accept this. The narrator in "My Last Duchess" is also pausing because he convinced that his former wife was not faithful to him.