Read the second stanza from "mutability." or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings give various response to each varying blast, to whose frail frame no second motion brings one mood or modulation like the last. what is the effect of using the words dissonant and various to describe the sounds made by the lyre, a musical instrument? they emphasize differences. they suggest disagreement. they emphasize imagination. they suggest a lack of control.

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Marley Anderson

16 June, 19:30

Read the second stanza from "mutability." or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings give various response to each varying blast, to whose frail frame no second motion brings one mood or modulation like the last. what is the effect of using the words dissonant and various to describe the sounds made by the lyre, a musical instrument? they emphasize differences. they suggest disagreement. they emphasize imagination. they suggest a lack of control.

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Amya Berry · Answer 1

Amya Berry 16 June, 21:22

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A. They emphasize differences

Aryana Cross · Answer 2

I believe the answer is: they emphasize differences

The specific that included in the excerpt is made to make the readers understand the details that separate one type of sound with the other.

If this is used without any variance in the type of sound, the purpose is most likely only to give explanation on how things work to the readers.