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Which transition best completes the sentence? The two poems share a focus on city life. ___, one presents the city as exciting, while the other presents it as exhausting.

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Which transition best completes the sentence? The two poems share a focus on city life. ___, one presents the city as exciting, while the other presents it as exhausting.

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