Question

What is the effect of the repetition of When at the beginning of lines 1–4?
A. The repetition expresses the speaker’s anger with the astronomer’s dull lecture.
B. The repetition expresses the wonder the speaker felt on learning more about astronomy.
C. The repetition holds the reader in one stretch of time and emphasizes the succession of dry details.
D. The repetition lulls the reader into a receptive state to better appreciate the list of astronomy’s wonders.

Answer 1

C. The repeated "When" (anaphora) keeps the action in a single stretch of time and builds a cumulative, monotonous list of technical details—emphasizing the dry succession of the lecture.