Look at the line “Anovice might nonplus”. How would you write this ‘correctly’?Why is the poet’s ‘incorrect’ line better in thepoem?

Theline “A novice might nonplus” can be correctly written as“A novice might be nonplussed”. The poet’sincorrect line is better in the poem as it maintains the rhyme schemeof the poem. By writing it incorrectly, ‘nonplus’ rhymeswith ‘thus’.

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