Question

question 9 of 10
which pair of lines gives an example of end - stopping?
a. we rushed the white river, our oars
cutting quick
b. we rushed the white river, our
oars cutting quick
c. we rushed the white
river, our oars cutting quick
d. we rushed the white river,
our oars cutting quick

Explanation:

End-stopping in poetry means a line ends with a grammatical pause (like punctuation that completes a clause/phrase) and the sentence's meaning is concluded at the line break. Option C splits the sentence so the first line ends at a natural grammatical pause after "river," with the full clause completed at the line break, fitting end-stopping. The other options have line breaks that split phrases unnaturally without a concluding grammatical stop at the line end.

Answer:

C. We rushed the white river, our oars cutting quick