Okay, go, go, go She always be talking like she know, know, know
I told her, "Don't ever leave me 'lone, 'lone, 'lone"
I guess I'm accident prone, prone, prone
Prone, prone, prone, oh
Go, go, go
She always be talking like she know, know, know
I told her, "Don't ever leave me 'lone, 'lone, 'lone"
I guess I'm accident prone, prone, prone
Prone, prone, prone, oh
I don't know no better (I don't)
I just want get into things, I just want mine better (nah)
You f8ck up my brain, you don't know no better (okay), yeah
Wish I knew you better, sh. it, but I don't know no better
So I keep doin' what I know best, yeah
You're really good at f8cking with me, girl, I'll give it to you (I will)
But I am out here doin' this for me and not for you

Along the sea-sands damp and brown the traveller hastens toward the town, what is the effect of the enjambment in these two lines? it emphasizes the idea that each line is a separate thought. it creates a rhyme scheme between the two lines. it encourages the reader to pause between the two lines. it strengthens the connection between the two lines.

Pl true or false: a hyphen can indicate that a word has been split up at the end of a line and continues onto the next line.

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?