Read these lines from "Analysis of Baseball" by May Swenson:

Ball waits
for bat
to mate.
Ball hates
to take bats
bait. Bat...

Which best explains the pattern of sound in these lines?

A. Most of its rhymes are internal rather than end rhymes.

B. It uses a combination of alliteration, rhyme, and repetition.

C. It uses alliteration but avoids other sound effects.

D. Most of its sound effects are from alliteration, not rhyme.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.