Look at the line “A novice might nonplus”. How would you write this ‘correctly’? Why is the poet’s ‘incorrect’ line better in the poem?
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Look at the line “A novice might nonplus”. How would you write this ‘correctly’? Why is the poet’s ‘incorrect’ line better in the poem?
The line “A novice might nonplus” can be correctly written as “A novice might be nonplussed”. However, the usage of incorrect line is in sync with the poem as it helps in maintaining the rhyme scheme of the poem. By using the incorrect word ‘nonplus’, it rhymes with ‘thus’.
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ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴇ “ᴀ ɴᴏᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏɴᴘʟᴜs” ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴀs “ᴀ ɴᴏᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ɴᴏɴᴘʟᴜssᴇᴅ”. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴜsᴀɢᴇ ᴏғ ɪɴᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ʟɪɴᴇ ɪs ɪɴ sʏɴᴄ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ ᴀs ɪᴛ ʜᴇʟᴘs ɪɴ ᴍᴀɪɴᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʀʜʏᴍᴇ sᴄʜᴇᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ. ʙʏ ᴜsɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ‘ɴᴏɴᴘʟᴜs’, ɪᴛ ʀʜʏᴍᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ‘ᴛʜᴜs’.
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