Insert each missing word, from the choice given, in the place you think makes the most sense. Justify your choice by exploring the meaning of the full sentence or wider context.

He looked up, his eyes dark,
Intelligently as though
The wave of fever taught
And for the first time.
Here, in his rest, he found
Deliberation, and the slow
Of light, quieter than night ,
More worthy of his .
All day he told the time to me.
All day we and watched the sun
Caged in its diurnal heat,
Pointing at us with its stick.

Score: out of 10.
What word class could the missing word be?
Does it make sense there?
Does it match the rhythm of the poem?
Does it develop the poem naturally?
If those two words … were swapped, what would be the effect?