Read the excerpt from "Parsley" by Rita Dove. The general remembers the tiny green sprigs men of his village wore in their capes to honor the birth of a son. He will order many, this time, to be killed for a single, beautiful word. The last stanza of the poem is a single line. What is emphasized by this structure?
O the elegance of the word "parsley" O the absurdity of the general's cruelty
the longing the general feels to be back in his village
the difficultly some have saying the word "parsley"
