Read the passage.
in the fell clutch of circumstance
i have not winced nor cried aloud.
under the bludgeonings of chance
my head is bloody, but unbowed.

identify the meter. then identify the effect of that meter.

a: unstressed stressed, unstressed stressed, unstressed stressed, unstressed stressed. it conveys the speaker's militant determination.

b: stressed unstressed, stressed unstressed, stressed unstressed, stressed unstressed. it emphasizes the desperate unhappiness of the speaker's life.

c: unstressed stressed, unstressed stressed, unstressed stressed, unstressed stressed. it gives the poem a reflective mood.

d: stressed unstressed, stressed unstressed, stressed unstressed, stressed unstressed. it allows you to visualize the speaker.

Read the excerpt from "object lesson, part 2." "no sign of the original envelope? " "no." "i found two boys with bills — in each case a single, too. david strager and joey buell. no envelope." louise's brows met. ellery glanced up at the clock. 9: 07. he strolled over to her. "don't show them you're worried. there's nothing to worry about. we have twenty-eight minutes." he raised his voice, smiling. which statement explains the inference ellery makes and why he makes it? he infers that miss carpenter thinks they are not going to find the thief because he sees her facial expression. he infers that it will take twenty-eight more minutes to find the missing money because that is all the time he has. he infers that the original envelope will not be found because neither david strager nor joey buell has it. he infers that david strager and joey buell took the money because they each have a dollar bill.