Read the following poem by emily dickinson. this is my letter to the world that never wrote to me— the simple news that nature told— with tender majesty her message is committed to hands i cannot see— for love of her—sweet—countrymen— judge tenderly—of me what statement is true? the poet uses the rhyme scheme abab. the poet uses dashes to slow readers down as they read through the poem. the second verse is an example of a heroic quatrain. this is a verse from an elegy.

The following statement is true:

The poet uses dashes to slow readers down as they read through the poem.

Whenever one is reading poetry, one should only pause when there is a punctuation mark. In poetry, the most common punctuation marks are dashes, commas, semicolons, double periods and periods.  Emily Dickinson chose to add dashes in order to add meaning to the poem by making the reader pause. The poem expresses Dickinson's view of the place she had in this world.

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