Question #6430398Single Choice

AP English Literatur

Question

In the following excerpt from William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” how does the poet use enjambment?

"For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;"

The lines end with punctuation, signaling a complete thought.

The thought carries over from one line to the next without punctuation.

There is a pause in the middle of the line.

The lines are written in perfect rhyme.

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