Reread the first stanza of "The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be." How does the meaning of the first line change as you read the rest of the stanza? Find one other example of a line break that you think affects the meaning of the words in an important way.

Here is the stanza

the world is not a pleasant place

to be without

someone to hold and be held by

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18 December, 13:16

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Bridget · Answer 1

It makes the world seem like this bad place, but as you read on it's saying that the world could be a lonely place without a companion