Read this excerpt from “Down by the Salley Gardens” by William Butler Yeats.
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
Which statement best describes the effect of rhythm on this excerpt?
The rhythm suggests the cautious approach of a new acquaintance.
The rhythm supports the fast pace of the narrator’s immature love.
The rhythm mirrors the lazy wandering of people strolling.
The rhythm imitates the weary advancement of old age.