Instructions: select the correct answer.
in this excerpt from "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson, how does the repetition of words in the first four lines affect the narrative?

she left the web, she left the loom,
she made three paces thro' the room,
she saw the water lily bloom,
she saw the helmet and the plume,
she look'd down to camelot.
out flew the web and floated wide;
the mirror crack'd from side to side;
"the curse is come upon me," cried
the lady of shalott.

it hints that the fate of the subject was inevitable.
it implies that the subject's actions were monotonous.
it suggests that the narrative is about to end.
it builds a sense of anticipation and mystery.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.