Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow

a whisper, and then a silence:

yet i know by their merry eyes

they are plotting and planning together

to take me by surprise.

a sudden rush from the stairway,

a sudden raid from the hall!

by three doors left unguarded

they enter my castle wall!

look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read

a. line by line.

b. with long pauses.

c. phrase by phrase.

d. with a strong rhythm.