Question

leaping falls by galway kinnell and so it was i sheered eccentric, into outer space, and tracked with lost paces the forgotten journey of a child, across the creaking snow, up the deer - trail, over the snowdrifted hill into the secret country where a boy once found, routing from ledge to ledge in a tumult at sunrise, the cascading of leaping falls. now the falls lay draped without motion or sound, icicles fastened in stories to stillness and rock. at the bottom, 9. use \leaping falls\ to answer the following question. what does the break between stanza 4 (lines 19 - 24) and stanza 5 (lines 25 - 30) of the poem \leaping falls\ convey to the reader? a sense of suspense as the reader anticipates the effect of the spoken word a feeling of uncertainty that the speaker is telling a true story a sense of doubt as the reader considers whether the waterfall could be affected by the spoken word a feeling of sympathy for the strong emotions the speaker reveals

Explanation:

In poetry, stanza - breaks often create a pause or shift in mood. Here, the break likely builds anticipation as the reader wonders what the spoken word (suggested in the context) will bring. It creates a sense of suspense rather than doubt about the waterfall, uncertainty about the story's truth, or sympathy for emotions.

Answer:

A. A sense of suspense as the reader anticipates the effect of the spoken word