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o, my luve's like a red, red rose
that's newly sprung in june;
o, my luve's like a melodie
that's sweetly played in tune.

so fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
so deep in luve am i;
and i will luve thee still, my dear,
'till a' the seas gang dry.

which poetic device best enhances the poets emphasis on each stanza as a single sentence?

a) the use of simile in the first stanza

b) the poet's use of hypberbole in the second stanza

c) the use of continuing punctuation at end of each line

d) the length of each line in the stanza

it is C) The use of continuing punctuation at end of each line

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”