Read this excerpt from “Down by the Salley Gardens” by William Butler Yeats. In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

40 points Which statement best describes the effect of rhythm on this excerpt?

The rhythm suggests a lazy time spent relaxing.
The rhythm imitates the slow pace of the waving grasses.
The rhythm mirrors the frantic sprint of the narrator’s exit.
The rhythm supports a hasty end to the short-lived romance.