Sapphic stanzas are known for their pauses in unlikely places. which statement best describes the effect of the semicolon pause in the third stanza, second line, of "long ago"?

long ago
by sappho

long ago beloved, thy memory, atthis,
saddens still my heart as the soft æolic
twilight deepens down on the sea, and fitful
winds that have wandered

over groves of myrtle at amathonte
waft forgotten passion on breaths of perfume.
long ago, how madly i loved thee, atthis!
faithless, light-hearted

loved one, mine no more, who lovest another
more than me; the silent flute and the faded
garlands haunt the heart of me thou forgettest,
long since thy lover.

the pause to illustrate the difference between the speaker and the loved one.
the pause gives the person reciting the poem a chance to breathe.
the pause emphasize the speaker’s sadness and regret.
the pause has no effect on the poem; it’s purely grammatical.

The pause helps emphasize the speaker’s sadness and regret.

Explanation:

The pauses made by semicolon usually have the purpose of emphasizing something or some feeling during the reading. In the case of this poem, it was to emphasize the sadness and regret of the speaker. With this the author makes the reader reflect on the feeling of sadness he desires to pass by writing this stanza of the poem.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."