A little girl was sitting ________ in the corner. A: to sob B: sobbing C: sob D: sobbed

Ann _____ sobbing at last, and dried her eyes with her handkerchief. ( A: stopped B: went away C: continued D: started

Why didn’t Alfred Tennyson put any unstressed syllable in the line “Break break break”?  A: To show that the speaker is sobbing B: To make the line sound more powerful C: Mainly to shorten the line D: To render the repetition more obvious