Questions: Drag each label to the correct location. Mark the use of enjambment in this excerpt from "Retirement" by Henry Timrod. Drag a green arrow to the end of each enjambed line and a stop sign to the end of each end-stopped line. My gentle friend! I hold no creed so false As that which dares to teach that we are born For battle only, and that in this life The soul, if it would burn with starlike power. Must needs forsooth be kindled by the sparks Struck from the shock of clashing human hearts. There is a wisdom that grows up in strife, And one-l like it best-that sits at home And learns its lessons of a thoughtful ease.

Drag each label to the correct location.
Mark the use of enjambment in this excerpt from "Retirement" by Henry Timrod. Drag a green arrow to the end of each enjambed line and a stop sign to the end of each end-stopped line.

My gentle friend! I hold no creed so false
As that which dares to teach that we are born
For battle only, and that in this life
The soul, if it would burn with starlike power.
Must needs forsooth be kindled by the sparks
Struck from the shock of clashing human hearts.
There is a wisdom that grows up in strife,
And one-l like it best-that sits at home
And learns its lessons of a thoughtful ease.
Transcript text: Drag each label to the correct location. Mark the use of enjambment in this excerpt from "Retirement" by Henry Timrod. Drag a green arrow to the end of each enjambed line and a stop sign to the end of each end-stopped line. My gentle friend! I hold no creed so false As that which dares to teach that we are born For battle only, and that in this life The soul, if it would burn with starlike power. Must needs forsooth be kindled by the sparks Struck from the shock of clashing human hearts. There is a wisdom that grows up in strife, And one-l like it best-that sits at home And learns its lessons of a thoughtful ease.
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To identify the use of enjambment and end-stopped lines in the excerpt from "Retirement" by Henry Timrod, we need to understand these two concepts:

  • Enjambment occurs when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line to the next without a terminal punctuation mark, creating a sense of continuation.
  • End-stopped lines are lines that conclude with a punctuation mark, indicating a pause or stop in the reading.

Let's analyze the excerpt line by line:

  1. "My gentle friend! I hold no creed so false" - This line ends with a punctuation mark (exclamation point), so it is end-stopped. (Stop sign)
  2. "As that which dares to teach that we are born" - This line does not end with a punctuation mark, so it is enjambed. (Green arrow)
  3. "For battle only, and that in this life" - This line does not end with a punctuation mark, so it is enjambed. (Green arrow)
  4. "The soul, if it would burn with starlike power." - This line ends with a punctuation mark (period), so it is end-stopped. (Stop sign)
  5. "Must needs forsooth be kindled by the sparks" - This line does not end with a punctuation mark, so it is enjambed. (Green arrow)
  6. "Struck from the shock of clashing human hearts." - This line ends with a punctuation mark (period), so it is end-stopped. (Stop sign)
  7. "There is a wisdom that grows up in strife," - This line ends with a punctuation mark (comma), so it is end-stopped. (Stop sign)
  8. "And one-I like it best-that sits at home" - This line does not end with a punctuation mark, so it is enjambed. (Green arrow)
  9. "And learns its lessons of a thoughtful ease." - This line ends with a punctuation mark (period), so it is end-stopped. (Stop sign)

In summary:

  • Enjambed lines: 2, 3, 5, 8
  • End-stopped lines: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9
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