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Read the excerpt from the last stanza of "The Turtle.”

She can’t see
herself apart from the rest of the world
or the world from what she must do
every spring.
Crawling up the high hill,
luminous under the sand that has packed against her skin,
she doesn’t dream

Which element of free verse poetry gives structure to this excerpt?

o the repetition of a vowel sound
o the repetition of a consonant sound
o the repetition of a word or phrase
o the repetition of stressed syllables

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Answer:

the repetition of stressed syllables

Step-by-step explanation:

In poetry, this is important

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