English, asked by 2214Anjum, 1 year ago

Comment on their prosodic features:

One more unfortunate
Weary of breath
Rashly importunate
Gone to her death.

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Answered by Sudhalatwal
4
 One more unfortunate weary of breath

  /  ^  ^  /  ^  ^  /  ^  ^  /  ^  ^ *

Rashly importunate, going to her death
  
 /  ^  ^  /  ^  ^  /  ^  ^  /  ^  ^ *

(The given passage uses two dactylic foot in each line and a catalectic where one or more syllables are missing in the final foot.
Answered by sawakkincsem
1
These lines are by Thomas Hood from 'The Bridge of Sighs' (1844) 
The other lines are 'Fashioned so slenderly/Young and so fair!
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