He Had His Dream by Paul Dunbar
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He had his dream, and all through life,
Worked up to it through toil and strife.
Afloat fore'er before his eyes,
It colored for him all his skies:
How does the author use syntax to impact mood?
A.
He uses sentence fragments to show that the man feels broken.
The storm-cloud dark
ОВ.
He uses a variety of tenses to show the uncertain path the man faces.
Above his bark,
C. He avoids formal structure to create the impression of turbulence in the man's
The calm and listless vault of blue
D.
He repeats a simple sentence to create an optimistic tone.
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Took on its hopeful hue,
It tinctured every passing beam-
He had his dream.
He labored hard and failed at last,
His sails too weak to bear the blast,
The raging tempests tore away
And sent his beating bark astray.
But what cared he
For wind or seal
He said, "The tempest will be short,
My bark will come to port"
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