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The aural imagery of chords "sad and low" (line 15) serves to
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- 00:00
Sorry Okay Next up ap English Lit People are still
- 00:06
on this fine poem What Question Just get to it
- 00:14
The R roll imagery of chords sad and low line
- 00:19
fifteen right there Serves toe What What does it do
- 00:27
Well let's think about it Music is a great way
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- 00:29
to have cathartic experiences where one purges emotions often too
- 00:33
difficult and complex to put into words Well the speaker
- 00:36
seems to be taking advantage of that special quality that
- 00:39
sad and low music can have using it to express
- 00:44
the nearly well inexpressible So it's B They're illustrated cathartic
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experience shared with mourners Yeah well the loser bowl music
- 00:52
that is sad and low wasn't exactly joyful Get rid
- 00:54
of sea and let's hear the Grim Reaper something And
- 00:57
the description of the cords is separate from the actual
- 00:59
proceedings of funeral So get rid of eat If music
- 01:02
is being played well silence doesn't seem obtainable like Where
- 01:06
did that come from Which isn't necessarily what Speaker wants
- 01:09
anyway The physical setting isn't is important Here is the
- 01:12
action is taking place When in doubt look at what's
- 01:15
moving Not just what's being described in answering these questions
- 01:19
so that's it The answer is B
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