Question

Icarus’s Flight
by Stephen Dobyns

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Question
In lines 1, 5, 14, and 18, the poet puts a question mark before the end of the line. The poet does this to —

Responses

make the reader pause
make the reader pause

create a random line break
create a random line break

express a strong feeling
express a strong feeling

strengthen the meaning of the line

Answer 1

make the reader pause

The mid-line question marks force a brief stop and create hesitation/uncertainty, slowing the rhythm and emphasizing the rhetorical questions.