Question

Reread the first stanza of “The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be.” How does the meaning of the first line change as you read the rest of the stanza? Find one other example of a line break that you think affects the meaning of the words in an important way.

Here is the stanza

the world is not a pleasant place
to be without
someone to hold and be held by

Answer 1

it makes the world seem like this bad place, but as you read on it's saying that the world could be a lonely place without a companion