Question

Read these lines from Linda Pastan's "Erosion": We are slowly undermined. Grain by grain. . . . How does the poem establish a sense of erosion? A. repetition of "grain" B. the word "slowly" C. strategic line breaks D. none of the above

Answer 1

Answer: All I know is it is not A. Repetition of “grain”

Explanation: I answered it wrong on my quiz that I took

Answer 2

Answer : B. The word “slowly”

Explanation: You do not feel erosion if the sentence states the below:
We are undermined. Grain by grain. . . .
If so, the sense is just of a sentence. “Slowly” adds spice and sweetness. It gives a sense of hard work and erosion.