Listen to two readings of the first stanza of "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. 0:00 / 0:00
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Hear the sledges with the bells,
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars, that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells,
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Which comparison between Reading 1 and Reading 2 accurately describes
something caused by the pace of delivery?
A. Reading 1 is hurried and frantic, while Reading 2 is deliberate and
steady.
B. Reading 1 is plodding and contemplative, while Reading 2 is rapid
and panicked.
C. Reading 1 is fast and agile, while Reading 2 is cautious and
measured
D. Reading 1 is playful and detached, while Reading 2 is awestruck
and heavyhearted.

the first step is to convey the appropriate emotions.

wheres the options? i dont think this can be solved with out the options

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

even though there may be variations in human emotions over time, the poem “ a contribution to statistics” by wislawa symborska suggests that the only unchangeable characteristic is mortality.

the author poses a distinction between the approximate and non-approximate numbers which correspond to our need for certainty in life and the difficulty of achieving it. our efforts to measure the exact often fail because the world is not always clearly structured .the poem seems to imply   that the only thing that is certain and has an exact number is death.