Asked by maribel

Read the lines from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.

Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to work.
Let us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.
Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood.
Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.

The use of apostrophe in the poem

creates a detached effect, since the reader is not addressed directly.
causes the reader to feel alienated if he or she does not have any brothers.
helps define the speaker’s voice in relation to his “brothers,” or community.
allows the reader to visualize all of the poet’s family and friends.

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Correct answer: helps define the speaker’s voice in relation to his “brothers,” or community.

Explanation: The apostrophe (direct address to “brothers”) creates an urgent, communal tone — a call to comrades — and shapes the speaker’s voice as collective and inclusive. It draws readers into that imagined community rather than detaching or literally requiring familial relation.