How does the use of imagery in these lines help to develop the central idea of the 4th stanza? "At the melancholy menace of their tone!/ For every sound that floats/ From the rust within their throats/ls
a groan"
The central idea of celebration is developed through the imagery of the sounds that float through the stanza.
The use of the word "menace" creates an allusion of humor as the reader recalls Dennis the Menace and his
tricks.
The imagery of rust creates a connotation of decay for the reader which impacts the idea of death.
The imagery of floating creates a denotation of carefree happiness that impacts the idea of joyfulness in the
stanza.