3. What point is the author trying to make with this example? "The playwright borrowed his stories from Ovid, Plutarch and Holinshed and set them in ancient
Greece, ancient Rome, Sicily, France, and in the 12th to 16th centuries without an attempt at
historicity: basic setting, Elizabethan clothes (Cleopatra in a farthingale, King John in "pumpkin
pants")."
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Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.