Question

jakobs bravery
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jakobs mom told him that laughing was not the way to ward off fear of illness and decay.
jakob, trying to be nice, gently told her that it didnt laugh upon smelling that hospital odor.
he would, without a doubt, begin to weep,
causing her to lose even more sleep.
so, doing his best to ignore her disappointment,
he giggled his way through doctors appointments.
waiting for surgery, alone in a room,
he would chuckle until the air was cleared of doom.
sorty laughing through lab work, he did anything to distract himself from thinking about that inescapable fact.
he was sick, and nothing would change that.
so why did other people find it so strange that
15 he laughed to push his illness away,
hoping that he might forget it for just one day?
didnt they see that laughter was his way of dealing with the unspeakable fears he was feeling?
what is the effect of the line break in line 11 of this poem?
a it makes the reader pause on jakobs bravery.
b it causes the reader to focus on the word doom.
c it helps break the rhythm and rhyme scheme.
d it helps create repetition in the third stanza.

Explanation:

A line - break in a poem can make the reader pause and focus on the content, in this case, Jakob's bravery. It emphasizes the idea and gives the reader time to reflect on it.

Answer:

A. It makes the reader pause on Jakob's bravery.