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Read the excerpt from "A Boat beneath a Sunny Sky” by Lewis Carroll.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
How does the comma in the first line contribute to a gloomy tone?
by showing the speaker’s wish to see Alice again
by emphasizing how the speaker thinks of Alice
by explaining how Alice moves near the speaker
by suggesting that the speaker is frightened of Alice
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by emphasizing how the speaker thinks of Alice
The comma isolates "phantomwise," creating a pause that highlights the word and makes Alice seem ghostly and unreal — reinforcing the speaker's haunted, gloomy perception of her.
The comma isolates "phantomwise," creating a pause that highlights the word and makes Alice seem ghostly and unreal — reinforcing the speaker's haunted, gloomy perception of her.
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