Question

analyze craft and structure \blue squills\ sara teasdale read the poem \blue squills\ by sara teasdale. then, answer the question(s) how many million aprils came before i ever knew how white a cherry - bough could be, a bed of squills, now blue! 5 and many a dancing april written life is done with me, will lift the blue flame of the flower and the white flame of the tree on burn me with your beauty, then, 10 on hurt me, tree and flower. lest in the end death try to take even this glistening hour. o shaken flowers, o shimmering trees o swift white and blue, 15 wound me, that i, through endless sleep, may bear the scar of you. which of the following answer choices is an example of an end - stopped line? choose all that apply. a. how many million aprils came (line 1) b. before i ever knew (line 2) c. a bed of squills, how blue! (line 4) d. will lift the blue flame of the flower (line 7) e. and the white flame of the tree (line 8)

Explanation:

An end - stopped line is a line of poetry in which a grammatical pause or break occurs at the end of the line. In "Before I ever knew" (line 2), there is a natural pause at the end of the line, making it an end - stopped line. The other lines do not have such clear end - of - thought pauses at their line endings.

Answer:

B. Before I ever knew (line 2)