English

Question

Line 2: "For sorrow near I did

not look"

Which is another way to write

this line without using

inverted syntax?

A. I did not look for sorrow near.

B. I looked not for sorrow near.

C. For sorrow near looked not I.

Answer

A. I did not look for sorrow near.

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The original line has an inverted syntax, which means that the subject and verb are not in their usual order. In this case, "I did not look" is the subject and verb, but they are separated by the prepositional phrase "for sorrow near." To rewrite the sentence without inverted syntax, we simply need to move the subject and verb back to their usual order, which results in "I did not look for sorrow near."