What is meter? A. the pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables

B. the attitude a speaker has toward a particular subject

C. a repeated line or group of lines

D. a group of lines that make up a poem

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.

quarted means to be housed or "lodged" in someone home

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