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THE REMAINING
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Read the second stanza from "Mutability."
What is the effect of using the words dissonant and various
to describe the sounds made by the lyre, a musical
instrument?
Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings
Give various response to each varying blast,
To whose frail frame no second motion brings
One mood or modulation like the last
They emphasize differences,
They suggest disagreement.
They emphasize imagination.
They suggest a lack of control.